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Saturday, December 12, 2020

Jerusalema Challenge

While looking at folk dance videos on youtube, it serendipitously  gave me a suggestion for the following charming video, with a really catchy tune and simple (though kind of bouncy for creaky old knees)  dance:


 
 
Turns out there are tons of videos of people all over the world doing that dance to that music, which is a South African house track by DJ Master KG and vocalist Nomcebo -- search for "Jerusalema Challenge" to see more.  It really took off during the pandemic shutdown.  Here's an article about it:
Here's a video with the story behind the song: https://youtu.be/gYhm6PCUtSg
Here's the official music video: https://youtu.be/fCZVL_8D048
and here's a dance tutorial: https://youtu.be/imzMnXKIOKs

Maybe we should add it to our repertoire?

p.s.: 2021-01-09 just stumbled on this youtube video: Stanlio e Ollio Jerusalema - Il ballo

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