Some cool dance images:

Dance Club

Image by micadew

Reed Dance – Swaziland

Image by whl.travel
Having reached iconic status, the annual Swaziland Reed Dance, is an event that is now almost the global image of Swaziland. Ten’s of thousands of young maidens gather to dance for the Queen Mother (Ndlovukazi) and King (Ngwenyama) of Swaziland. The week long event has also become a useful opportunity for social education, as health authorities and NGO’s tell Swazi girls about the issue of HIV and AIDS – currently the kingdom’s greatest challenge.

(By Darron Raw)

www.swazi.travel

Women determined to dance in spite of the rain

Image by Julie70 Joyoflife
That was the second group, before dancing and each of the women has another expression, but they where all determined to do it despite the rain coming more and more. They did not stop their French Cancan, in the poring rain.

But if I look at my own picture better, suddenly I observe this elderly gentlemen, sitting around the stage, determined, even without umbrella to enjoy the French CanCan! And the girls danced all to the end and he stayed too.

This picture, and other I had taken of them, from some unknown nice woman’s umbrella, as I did not bring one with me that day, remakes for me the symbol : once prepared, there, go on whatever comes your way.

1 May festival near Seine, in Argenteuil 2006

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Et malgré la pluie, elles se sont décidées de dancer le Can Can pour les habitants qui s’abritaient, si possible, sous les parapluie. Un vieux monsieur, m’a permis de mettre mon apparail sous son parapluie, mais il avait de difficulté à comprendre que ce n’était pas moi mais l’appareil qui en avait besoin.

Chacune de ses femmes, réagit autrement, mais toutes étaient déterminées.