JOHANNESBURG – South Africans from all walks of life dance “Jerusalema”, an enthusiastic anthem to animate the COVID-19 war.
In reaction to a call from President Cyril Ramaphosa to commemorate the country’s heritage festival on Thursday, citizens of thriving municipalities and suburbs are dancing in the air.
In the positive Zulu-language song, the singer pleads for her to free he hem from the problems of the global to move to Jerusalem, paradise. The song, through the popular DJ Master KG with the voices of Nomcebo Zikode, was a hit in South Africa last year and they have become even more popular this year, as others saw its message as a way to deal with the tragedies of the coronavirus pandemic.
It was picked up in Angola, where a video showed an organization of others interrupting their food to do an online dance with the song. It soon became crazy about dancing in South Africa and beyond with Youtube with dozens of videos of teams dancing online.
Health personnel in South Africa dance to the song while dressed in protective clothing, Zimbabwean lawyers have set aside their dancing belongings, South African supermarket staff, academics and teachers from many schools and many other teams have posted videos, with the maximum appearance of masked dancers and remote status.
The popularity of the Jerusalem dance has been hailed by the South African president as a sign of the spirit of the country.
“We are the country that is taking the global step through the typhoon with the #JerusalemaChallenge, while young and old in France, the United Kingdom, Jamaica, Angola and even east Palestinian Jerusalem are excited,” Ramaphosa wrote Thursday to mark Heritage Day, the country’s celebration of the country’s racial and ethnic diversity.
In its war against COVID-19, South Africa surpassed its first peak, recording more than 665,000 cases, totaling 16,206 deaths, nearly a portion of the total of 54 African countries. The continent of 1. 3 billion recorded just over 1. 4 million cases, adding 34,800 deaths, according to figures published Thursday through the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The country will reopen to foreign tourism on October 1.
On one occasion when online dancers accepted the challenge on Thursday, Master KG said he surpassed the foreign popularity of his song.
“Good fortune has been amazing, brother . . . Big records were broken. God is great. Things are just amazing,” he said, noting that his song was posted on social media through foreign football star Cristiano Ronaldo and American pop star Janet Jackson. “So many other people have shown their love for the song. “
Singer Zikode said she was delighted to see so many people around the world dancing the song.
“When I saw the President (Cyril Ramaphosa) announce that everyone celebrates Heritage Day today by dancing in Jerusalem, I got up temporarily, raised my hands, and screamed.
“I’m so happy, ” he said. God raised me thanks to the good luck of this song and everyone dances in my voice. “
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