I
took this fifteen-second video
in a South African Pentecostal Church at the end of last year. The circular
dance is typical of African Indigenous Churches in general: a line of
dancers follows a circular path, always in a counter-clockwise direction.
This is repeated many times throughout a service. Notice the typical female descant.
OBSERVATION: The dance has ancient origins in Africa, although few if any churchgoers will
be aware of this. Compare
Anglican Church Thaba Patshoa for an African Church singing in the European missionary tradition.
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