Website SIDLA.COM is not on air yet so please Contact Groupleader Vivian on https://www.facebook.com/vivivivian.m#!/vivivivian.mamba or Volunteer CameraProducer Jan van der Meer regular yearly visitor of Swaziland and South Africa! Helping local Not For Profit Organisations to help local communities with Social Needs, Orphan Kids with no Identity Cards and no future! SIDLA MUSIC , DANCE GROUP PROFILE 1. BACKGROUND SIDLA NGALOLUDZALA was formed in the year 2008, concentrates on South African folk music, songs, and dance. At their Schoemansdal area in Mpumalanga, a province of South Africa, the members study, practice, and teach cultural music and dance. The aim is to create cultural awareness with the youth and to help preserve their African heritage. The group has 35 fulltime participants during weekends and school holidays, talented children from surrounded area join the group in cultural activities. In this manner folk music and dance is popularized with youth and new talent is always introduce. Participant include senior ladies and men, but consist many of young people and teenagers from this rural community, all performing different cultural dance related to Nguni and more specific to Swazi, Zulu, Tswana culture of South Africa. A performance usually consist of around 30 members and consist of senior ladies, the girls with Zulu attire, the girls with Swazi attire and of course the men with their well-know African Swazi foot stamping dance as well as Zulu boys. 2. ARTISTIC PROGRAM A Full performance is approximately 45 minutes with the following sequence Part 1 • Entry with old traditional African song follow by traditional dances to the action of filled beet of several big drums • SIBACA DANCE by men wearing traditional skirts and other adornments from angora skin. • ZULU DANCE by men and women with a strong energy fast moving African dance, men wearing animal hide with angora goatskin legs covered and women wearing African beets. • UMGIYO DANCE Is performed by the married women whose attire also clearly distinguishes them from the younger girls. Their dance does not allow high step and is characterized by singing movement with foot siding action • NGADLA DANCE Is performed by the older girls who wear a typical tradition cloth(JUTJWA) on their upper bodies and also dance in formation lifting their feet high. • SIZINGILI DANCE is an ancient energetic fast- moving African dance style performed by the active men of clan, wearing big animal hide with angora goatskin leg covers • SITAPA DANCE(TSWANA) is perform by men and women during weeding ceremonies when welcoming the Britt to the family they dance and enjoy together but when they dance they don't lift up feet but they move side by side, wearing an animal skin and cover their legs with Fahlawane (fahlawane) is something that bring a very nice sound from the legs. Part 2 In this part the emphasis is on music which vary from ancient traditional style songs to more contemporary traditional music and ranges from Coral like (makwaya style) music to light hearted singsong style music, some without instruments and others with natural African instruments such as Jembe drums, sticks, rattlers, marimba (African xylophone) and a luvungu, an African instrument making a violin like sound 3.Vision To research, practice, preserve and promote the indigenous knowledge system (IKS) of the local community around our area and to popularise and promote folklore, music and dance with the youth and to apply this natural resource responsible as a means of sustainable economic empowerment through tourism. 4. Mission To fulfil our vision by facilitating local community based wealth generation, job opportunities and economic development in the historic province in South Africa. 5. Goals Our goal is to be one of the most successful, respected and profitable cooperative both local and international as well as to develop a high standard of cultural performances. 6. Objectives To create an awareness, especially with the youth, of the importance of indigenous knowledge and to keep the youth out of druses, alcohol 7. Major achievements • In 2010, the group perform at the Nkomazi municipality`s mayoral tradition dance, won the leading price. • From 2010 the group start performing for tourist in MJEJANE game reserve till now we still do entertainment for tourist. • In 2011, group organise an event for old age organization, it was very successful the older people they wear so happy even the community enjoy that event, we also invite other local cultural group, it was a very big event most important is that the older people wear happy. • In 2012, the group perform in the Nkomazi municipality`s mayoral traditional dance also won. • In 2012, the group perform in the event of the department of water affair. https://www.facebook.com/vivivivian

• published: 26 Jan 2013
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