Zulu Dance
Zulu dancing has a big force on South African dancing. There are also many types of Zulu dancing. The Bull Dance, a dance that imitates a bull by having your arms held high and your legs making a thump on the ground. The girls have their own version of this dance .The Hunting Dance, which imitates hunting and the strength you need for it and use sticks instead of real hinting objects so they don’t hurt them-selves. They used to dance this dance before they went out hunting. Women have their own form of the dance and usually do it to welcome the men for coming back from hunting. The Dance of Small Shield is a rhythmic dance to help encourage the military to come together and unite. UmQhogoyo is a dance that moves the upper body. UmBhekuzo represents the retreat of the seas tide. In UmChwayothe dancers also involve singing.
UmGhebulo is a dance that the dancers are “pulling down the sky or climbing an imaginary ladder”(http://www.zulu-culture.co.za). IliKhomba is an elegant dance that involves a long stick and the movement of the upper body. Isicathamiya “which is a style of unaccompanied singing in close harmony performed most by the Zulu group Ladysmith Black Mambazo” ( People and Cultures of South Africa) was developed in the mines. Zulu dance called the indlamu dance is “accompanied by drumming and whistiling” the men are “dressed in full battle regalia of animal skins, head rings, ceremonial belts and ankle rattles, and armed with spears and animal-hide shields” (People and cultures of South Africa). Drums are used for the most festivals. They are made out of stretched skin and earthwaren pots.
UmGhebulo is a dance that the dancers are “pulling down the sky or climbing an imaginary ladder”(http://www.zulu-culture.co.za). IliKhomba is an elegant dance that involves a long stick and the movement of the upper body. Isicathamiya “which is a style of unaccompanied singing in close harmony performed most by the Zulu group Ladysmith Black Mambazo” ( People and Cultures of South Africa) was developed in the mines. Zulu dance called the indlamu dance is “accompanied by drumming and whistiling” the men are “dressed in full battle regalia of animal skins, head rings, ceremonial belts and ankle rattles, and armed with spears and animal-hide shields” (People and cultures of South Africa). Drums are used for the most festivals. They are made out of stretched skin and earthwaren pots.
