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- noun A
traditional Zulu dance fromSouth Africa in which the dancer lifts one foot over his head and brings it down hard, landing squarely on thedownbeat .
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Examples
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Sizwe indlamu group were sent to Reunion; the Matthews singers went to an international choir festival in Wales; the Orlando Wesley
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Zulu dancers sang and performed indlamu, a dance where the performer raises his foot high up in the air and brings it down with a loud stomp on the ground.
Joburg.org.za 2010
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Zuma had in fact been performing a traditional indlamu dance, said The Times.
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"Traditionally, an indlamu dancer makes a series of warrior gestures and stomps the ground before dramatically falling onto his buttocks."
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