Zulu King 2025. Celebrity monarchs have been a staple of bacchus since the parade’s founding in 1968 which includes bob hope, glen campbell, henry winkler, charlton heston, kirk. South africa has eight traditional monarchs officially recognised by the government, all funded by taxpayers.
Unlike any of the other new orleans carnival krewes, the zulu king is elected. Thousands of people gathered at the zulu royal palace in south africa to witness the crowning of a new king in the country’s richest and most influential traditional monarchy.