South African Music and Dance
When you think about South African Music you're probably thinking about that song in Lion King when Simba is born and the Monkey - Rafiki - is holding him up at the cliff edge, well that's not really South African music it's just African. But if you want to see some traditional South African traditional music search up South African Gumboot Dance or just view the video below.
The Gumboot Dance originated during the late 19th Century from South African gold miners who used this as a way of making music while mining because they weren't allowed to play Drums. Now the dance is a world-known dance. The type of boots they use are Wellington boots
The Djembe is a type of drum that is traditionally played by men, the drum is also very loud so that it can be clearly heard as a solo instrument in an ensemble.
Uhandi is a single string instrument, traditionally made from wood and dry gourd. In order to play the Uhandi the string is struck by a thin stick making a harmonic tone that changes in pitch as the mouth of the gourd closer to or farther to the musician's chest.
This is a reed flute. It was played in the North Eastern and Central parts of South Africa by the Tsonga, Pedi, Sotho, Tswana. Some evidence has been found of the use of the instrument by the Zulu and Xhosa tribes.
This is a rattle, this is tied to a limb, usually the legs. Because the rattle is tied to the foot of the wearer, when the wearer dances the rattle makes a sound in rhythm with the dance. The instrument is a percussion instrument made out of dried weed pods. This was played by nearly all of the tribes of South Africa.