Seven 2014-2018 YouTube Videos Of Males Performing Ukusina (South African Zulu Dance) -This dance form is usually characterized by high leg lifts & dancers eventually purposely falling on their butt

ZamaHlubi Media House, 1 Sep 28, 2014

Every weekend @ Jabulani Hostel in Soweto (South Africa) it has become our culture to dance and entertain the crowds, with no special occasion and nothing to celebrate. The Hostel dwellers from Bergville came to JHB to work this is their way of remembering home. Even I just a Soweto boy its where I learned this type of … ****

Edited by Azizi Powell Latest revision- January 29, 2025 This pancocojams post showcases seven YouTube videos of males performing the South African Zulu performance art form named Ukusina.(Read my editor's notes below for other references to this dance form). This post is presented without any examples of comments from the discussion threads for these videos. The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes. All copyrights remain with their owners. Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube, -snip- Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/01/five-youtube-videos-of-female-zulu.html for a pancocojams post that showcases female groups performing Ukusina. Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/01/comments-from-various-youtube-videos.html for a pancocojams post that presents selected comments about Ukusina from five YouTube discussion threads. These comments presents some information about that dance form, including answers to questions about why the dancers usually end their performances by purposely falling on their butt.

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DISCLAIMER I'm an African American woman whose recent knowledge about this dance form only comes from watching a number of online videos (YouTube, YouTube video short, TikTok) and from reading a lot of the comments in those videos’ discussion threads that are in English and reading selected comments in those discussion threads that are translated from Zulu.

Unfortunately, I only speak and read English, and I have never visited South Africa.

Additions and corrections are very welcome. **** INFORMATION ABOUT UKUSINA

Ukusina is a traditional Zulu performance art form that includes specific types of dancing and (onlookers) singing. Many YouTube videos that I've come across for this dance form don't include drums, but often include whistles and/or long South African horns (vuvuzela?).

Zulus originated the performance art form of Ukusina centuries ago. Ukusina is performed by males and by females who dance separately from each other. During the female Ukusina performances that include musical instruments, males play those instruments and sing. Females sing for males' Ukusina performances, but I haven't seen any videos that include female musicians for those performances

This pancocojams blog showcases some (2014 on) forms of Ukusina. These showcased videos consists of groups (teams) of males or groups (teams, camps) of females performing mostly outdoor to showcase their individual skills and their group choreography and skills. The YouTube videos of female Ukusina dances that I've come across have later publishing dates than the male videos. It's likely that 2014-2018 YouTube videos of Zulu females performing Ukusina were topless. That likelihood might have influenced whether those videos were published on YouTube.

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**** ADDITIONAL SHOWCASE VIDEOS

These videos are given in relative chronological order. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only. VIDEO #2 - Indlamu track 001

manzinimedia, Feb 25, 2014

Zulu music recorded live downtown Johannesburg.
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This dance form is mislabeled "indlamu" This is actually the earliest dated YouTube video of Ukusina that I've found as of the date of this pancocojams post.

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VIDEO #3 - Qalakabusha Prisoners Dance

Angela Kelly, Apr 14, 2015

**** VIDEO #4 - Ushameni Wakwa Mpungose - Umshoshaphansi

Thami Mpungose, Jul 24, 2015

Phushamoya: Umshoshaphansi

ingoma yakwa Mpungose ngaphansi kwegoso lasembangayiya. ingoma igidelwa izigodi ezintathu: Imbangayiya, Indonsa kanye no Mkhazane.
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Google translate from Zulu to English:

Phushamoya: Umshoshaphansi

a song from the Mpungose ​​clan under the Mbangayiya arch. The song is sung by three villages: Mbangayiya, Indonsa and Mkhazane.

**** VIDEO #5- Traditional dance at Ulundi..25 December 2016  

McBrian77 So To Be, Jan 22, 2017

25 december at Ulundi..Kzn province.South Africa

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VIDEO #6- UkuSina amadoda

@thobanimadlala, September 26,  2017

**** VIDEO #7 - WESTVILLE PRISON ZULU DANCE

Luks Gee, Aug 4, 2018

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