Gumboot Dancers

Just bought myself a pair of shocking pink gumboots from a snooty little shop - they were selling it on discount, and then, quite belatedly stumbled upon the Gumboot Dancers of South Africa.

Wiki says "Gumboot dancing was conceived by black miners in South Africa as an alternative to drumming—which authorities restricted. The boots were a solution to a problem of often flooded gold mines in which men otherwise stood in knee-deep water toiling at their work stations."

Found a popular video on Youtube.
Pretty cool, their raw and spontaneous performance.



And checked out some gigs by Black Umfolosi, a popular acapella and dance group from Zimbabwe. Guess they get their name from the Umfolozi River in KwaZulu-Natal, a province of South Africa.



Very endearing and warm sounds, and somehow melancholic too.



Aye! But i still love my new shocking pink boots!


Hmmm.