Five YouTube Videos Of (South African) Bapedi Males Wearing Kilts While Performing Certain Bapedi Traditional Dances

MANDLA THOLA MATSOMANE, Dec 24, 2015

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a three part pancocojams series about how some [South African] Bapedi males wear kilts while they perform certain traditional Bapedi dances. This post showcases several YouTube videos of South African Pedi male traditional dancers wearing kilts.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-south-african-bapedi-mens-custom-of.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. Part I presents information about Pedi people of South Africa. A video of Pedi male traditional dancers wearing kilts is embedded in this post along with articles about that attire.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-similarities-between-south-african.html for Part III of this pancocojams series. Part III presents my speculations about the similarities between the (South African) Bapedi kilt attire, the Scottish kilt attire, and freemasonry ceremonial attire. Videos of these three populations are included in that post. The content of this post is presented for historical and cultural purposes. All copyrights remain with their owners. Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to the producers & publishers of these videos. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post. **** DISCLOSURE: I'm African American and know nothing about Pedi culture besides what I've read and watched online. This post doesn't mean to suggest that all Pedi traditional male dancers wear kilts. I've come across a number of videos in which Pedi men perform traditional dances while wearing western shirts and pants with or without "traditional African" attire. Additions and corrections are welcome. ****
INFORMATION ABOUT THESE DANCES From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedi_people#Arts
[...] "Mmino wa Setšo

Pedi music consists of a single six-note scale traditionally played on reeds, but currently it is played more on a jaw harp or autoharp. Migrants influenced by Kibala music involves playing aluminum pipes of different heights to reproduce vocal harmonies. Traditional dances, women dance on their knees, usually accompanied by drums, backing vocals and with a lead singer, involve vigorous shaking topless from the upper torso while the women kneel on the floor.

Songs are also part of Pedi culture. ... The Bapedi, they also have the different types of cultural music:

1. Mpepetlwane: played by young girls;
2. Mmatšhidi: played by older men and women;
3. Kiba / Dinaka: played by men and boys and now joined by women;
4. Dipela: played by everyone
5. Makgakgasa and also played by older women."...
   
   
   

**** ADDITIONAL YOUTUBE VIDEOS OF KIBA/DINAKA DANCES These videos are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only. .

SHOWCASE VIDEO #2: Dinaka. By Mohlala

Mpheti Simon, Nov 13, 2015 Dinaka. Ruta bana ditaola. By Mohlala

**** SHOWCASE VIDEO #3: Dinaka tja Ga Mampuru

Tels Maropeng , mAY 6, 2019

**** SHOWCASE VIDEO #4: Bapedi thobela

Clement Mokabane, Nov 3, 2019

Eenzaam bapedi robala

**** SHOWCASE VIDEO #5: Mafolosha nkwe thabeng - Dinaka

SGC MEDIA PRODUCTION, Jun, 5, 2021

Dinaka is a Sepedi male performative dance. It draws its character from live reed -pipe ensemble playing on the. one hand **** This concludes Part II of this pancocojams series. Thanks for visiting pancocojams. Visitor comments are welome.