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The deafening sound of vuvuzelas - the long plastic trumpets ever present in the local football culture - intersperse with the stomping sound of the "pantsula" dance made popular in South Africa's townships.

China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper 2009

Themes included pantsula and gumboot dancing and local jazz, all touchstones of South African music.

Nelson Mandela attends World Cup closing ceremony 2010

TILSLEY: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) are leading exponents of pantsula dance.

CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2004 2004

Ma'ada, as he's known, is a man with a mission when it comes to pantsula.

CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2004 2004

PAUL TILSLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): Tapsula is a crazy mix of tap dancing, straight out of Fred Astaire's Hollywood, with township pantsula, the rhythm of South African streets for decades.

CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2004 2004

Then came the challenge, though, of bringing in pantsula from the streets to a theater, a process which took Cinda Eatock three years.

CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2004 2004

TILSLEY (voice over): Tapsula's unique fusion of dance styles, the informal township pantsula, and the very formal U.S. influence tap, has got producers from as far away as London's West End and New York's Broadway salivating at the show's futures prospects.

CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2004 2004

The music is punctuated by the clashing of the fighting sticks of the Xhosa village characters, the clanging of metal cups against prison bars, and the tapping feet of dancers performing the pantsula jazz style.

The Seattle Times 2011

Themes included pantsula and gumboot dancing and local jazz - all touchstones of South

KOLO - HomePage - Headlines 2010

Themes included pantsula and gumboot dancing and local jazz - all touchstones of South

KOLO - HomePage - Headlines 2010

Lamar encounters a group of children wearing red caps worn by Igbos, later the dancers around Lamar are wearing the traditional cone-shaped Basotho hats and doing pantsula moves, a dance that originated in South Africa’s townships.

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