Ukusina

Ukusina is a traditional dance that has its roots in South Africa's coastal region. For the Zulu people, it is an expressive and rhythmic ritual with deep cultural importance. Ukusina dancers kick their legs in any direction up and out, and then stamp each foot into the ground. The majority of the time, this dance is performed for entertainment during social occasions such as wedding ceremony. Each Ukusina performance is socially created and centers on the song leader singing interlocking word phrases. Traditionally, it was thought that no religious event would be complete without at least one Ukusina performance. Ukusina is a fundamental component of the social, religious, and cultural life of the Zulu people. Everyone in attendance is drawn into a coherent action atmosphere by the intimate relationship between body movement and music.