Africa Dances
My favorite commercials in South Africa right now are both about how important dancing is here.
The first is a Coca Cola commercial. Absolutely amazing commercial about the first player to break out in dance after a winning goal. He did this over 40 years ago. He was an African and the commercial talks about Africa teaching the world to let go, have fun, and dance. All through the commercial it shows clips of soccer players (footballers) all over the world dancing after their goals, all different kinds of dances. It is a lot of fun and makes you want to jump up and join in.
Then there is a Vodacom commercial which is so entertaining. There are two guys fishing at the coast when they look over and see a Bafana Bafana player (that is South Africa's soccer team). They go over to get his attention and tell him how they've come up for the perfect dance to follow the next goal he scores. They commence to turn on an old boom box and dance away. Cut to next seen of this Bafana Bafana player doing the suggested dance following his next goal with the whole soccer stadium up dancing with him. The two guys who taught the dance have so much fun seeing the nation dance their dance.
Great commercials!!! Makes you wanna dance with Africa and join in with the fun.
The first is a Coca Cola commercial. Absolutely amazing commercial about the first player to break out in dance after a winning goal. He did this over 40 years ago. He was an African and the commercial talks about Africa teaching the world to let go, have fun, and dance. All through the commercial it shows clips of soccer players (footballers) all over the world dancing after their goals, all different kinds of dances. It is a lot of fun and makes you want to jump up and join in.
Then there is a Vodacom commercial which is so entertaining. There are two guys fishing at the coast when they look over and see a Bafana Bafana player (that is South Africa's soccer team). They go over to get his attention and tell him how they've come up for the perfect dance to follow the next goal he scores. They commence to turn on an old boom box and dance away. Cut to next seen of this Bafana Bafana player doing the suggested dance following his next goal with the whole soccer stadium up dancing with him. The two guys who taught the dance have so much fun seeing the nation dance their dance.
Great commercials!!! Makes you wanna dance with Africa and join in with the fun.
posted by Jeanne at
3:37 PM
1 Comments:
This reminds me of the first time you and I visited LTE in Khayelitsha. Remember when we went next door and they were dancing and singing as they did their morning opening prayers? And they invited us to join? And we did? I had never done such an "outrageous" thing in my life, and yet I was transported by the sheer joy of sharing in their joy. Thanks for the reminder. I wish I was in South Africa with you right now.
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