Jerusalema (South Africa)

It has been compared to the Macarena because of its infectious music, simple movements, and rapid and wide acceptance by dancers. As a result of the internet and the Jerusalema Dance Challenge, this dance has spread around the globe. Although Jerusalema does not fit everyone’s definition of a folk dance, this dance is certainly being done by a lot of folks. There are video examples of dancers enjoying this dance in the Netherlands, Stuttgart Airport, Bucharest, a Swedish Hospital, Libertatii Square in Timisoara, Romania, and Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel. There are videos of children, priests, health care workers, police, and beachgoers. Dancers often carry and eat from small trays of food because the original video that went viral and started this craze showed just that. The lyrics are in Zulu. Dance notes…