As we approached the class we were warmly welcomed by the students and the teacher. Due to there not being enough chairs in the classroom the South African learners gave up their chairs for us to sit on. We were told lots of information about vhenda and then the South African students showed us some dance moves. The first move that they taught was like we were rowing a boat we all had to get into a line and hold onto each others arms. The second dance move that they taught us was very fast and extremely confusing , you had to pick a boy or girl who you liked and the whole point of this dance was to propose to them. We all thought that we would get away with not doing that dance but then the teacher remembered that we had to try out, she asked for one of them to pick one of us and guess what... they chose me!!! It was really embarrassing at the start but I really enjoyed it by the end. I didn’t really dance I just stood there laughing! Ruby shouted at me ‘kneel down’ so I did; but the thing is I didn’t know what it meant. At the end I realised that it meant that I liked the other person back and that I wanted to marry them! So I’m getting married (best not tell my parents!) Victoria was chosen to do the third dance, this dance was very slow at the start and you had to walk and then all of a sudden it went really fast. The fourth and final dance was done by Alanna and one of the South African learners this dance was pretty similar to the third dance but you had to do it going around in your own circle and it was slower at the end of the third and fourth dances the dancers had to go onto the floor into a cacoon shape. After we did all of our dances we got taught how to say hello and goodbye in vhenda hello : ‘sowabona ‘
Lauren J
Lauren J