Ek is betrokke by ons eie Suid-Afrikaanse Volkspele of
Volksdanse soos dit ook bekend staan. Ek is tans leier van die Polkadraai
Volkspelelaer in Centurion. Ons kom weekliks op ‘n Woensdagaand byeen om ons
passies in te oefen in die Kerksaal van die Kloofsig NG gemeente.
Ek was voorheen leier van die Kenmekaar Volkspelelaer
van Secunda tot September 2003 asook van Saamstaan Volkspelelaer van Kempton
Park tot in 1998.
Terloops.
Ons Volkspele is van die weinige volksdanse in die wêreld waar ons sing en dans
terselfdertyd.
Die meeste Saterdae word daar groot byeenkomste gehou
vir die laers in
Enige
belangstellendes
U is besoeker nommer
wat kom inloer sedert 27/04/2000.
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I am into South African Folk Dancing. I am the
chairman of the Polkadraai Folk Dance Group in Centurion. We meet weekly on a
Wednesday night in the Hall of the Dutch Reformed Church of Kloofsig to
practice our steps.
I was previously the chairman of the Kenmekaar Folk
Dance Group of Secunda up to September 2003 and also of the Saamstaan
Volkspelelaer of Kempton Park up to 1998.
General
The smallest number of people to do these dances are 4
couples, but a really nice number of couples is actually 8 and more. On our
saamtrekke held most Weekends we are about 70 couples together. On special
occasions mass displays were held of 2000 to 5000 dancers.
You normally start the dance session with your own
partner but during the dances you chance partners all the time.
Volkspele is slower than most European dances because
we sing while we are dancing. This is very exceptional for any folk dancing to
sing and dance at the same time. Our saamtrekke is normally about 3-4 hours.
That means it cannot be to fast for us to keep up with the breath..
There are quite a few different steps in these dances.
You get the normal waltz, hop, polka, two-step and walking steps. A integral
part of volkspele is the tiekiedraai. This is where the couple hold each other
and spin around with different grips.
The normal dances are done in a circle but some of
them are also done in rows or in groups of 3 or 4 dancers. See the photograph.
The idea for these dances came from 1912. A teacher,
S.H. Pellissier, visited the place called Nääs in Sweden. There he discovered
all the colourful clothes of the different countries and realize that South
Africa do not have anything. He took four of those Swedish dances and change
them to form the first volkspele dances to be danced in South Africa in 1914.
Since that day a lot of dances get composed and written. Today we have 127
different dances.
The costumes of the men are a white shirt with wide
sleeves and trousers. He also wears a special embroided waistcoat with a scarf.
The ladies wear long pleated dresses with special leather shoes. For special
occasions she also wears a special bonnet on her head. See the photograph.
Each town have a local group which gather once a week
to practice the dances. On the weekends a lot of these small groups gather for a
saamtrek. This starts normally around 19h00 and ends at 22h30.
Anybody
interested can contact me at the above address.
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