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She was joined on stage by Minister of Transport, Communications and Infrastructural Development Nicholas Goche, his Information Communication Technology counterpart Nelson Chamisa, Transport, Communications and Infrastructural Development Permanent Secretary Partson Mbiriri and senior Government officials.
Not to be outdone, 32 pupils from Matjinge Primary School in Plumtree enthralled the crowd, when they performed the amabhiza, the national dance for this year’s Jikinya Arts Festival.
In an interview Matjinge Primary School dance coach, Lucious Ncube said the school were the national champions of the Jikinya Arts Festival and had come to show their prowess.
He said they were honoured to perform in front of the VP and to see her appreciate their dance.
“We feel greatly honoured to have performed for Vice-President, umama uMujuru, it was a great experience. It was grand to note that she was impressed judging from the expressions on her face,” said Ncube.
He said the group wanted to revive Kalanga and Ndebele dances that had been wiped out of existence.
“Our main aim is to revive our dances which people have not been performing. We have many dances that need to be taught to our children and amabhiza was one those dances that were non-existent,” said Ncube.
He said Kalanga dances such as hosanna, kwayara, ndazula and jukwa and Ndebele dances such as isitshikitsha, sangoma and ingquzu, were some of the dances that they perform.
He said a youthful musical group Matjinge Stars would enter the provincial Chibuku Road to Fame competition, pencilled in for next month in Gwanda.
“We are in it to win and all we need is transport to get to Gwanda for the competitions. So we appeal to sponsors to come to our aid. These young musicians are very talented,” said Ncube.
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