South African School Uniform: Activities--Dance

South African dance
Figure 1.--Here pupils at the Kgoledi Ya Manka Primary School perform a traditional dabce. We are not sure what tribance dance is represented here. This primary school is located in Phuthaditjhaba (Free State). The the new South African education system promote pride in tribal traditions.

Our informationon dance in South African schools is very limited at this time. We suspect it was not very important in white scholls during the Apartheid period. We are less sure abougt the colored and black schools. Dance was certainly important culturally in the black tribal communities. Many African tribes had elaborate costumed dances, often associated with with ritual and mythology. We do not know to what extent it was included in the school program. Since South Africa has become a democratic nation we note that many schools have involved dance in the program. Presumavly this is most pronounced in rural areas where the tribal influence is most pronounced, but un fact we do not have a lot of information. We do notice images of Dance activities in schools. Hopefully our South african readers will provide us more information.








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