Music festivals in South Africa

There are several music festivals in South Africa:

•  The Sauti za busara Zanzibar Festival - February- (Zanzibar, South Africa):Held in Stonetown on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, this festival showcases a rich variety of African music in the region with over four hundred artists for five days.

• Cape Town International Jazz Festival - April- (Cape Town, South Africa):In its five stages and during the two days of the festival, more than 40 international and local artists give life to this festival.

• Spring Festival South Africa - May- (Johanesburgo, Pretoria):Held simultaneously in both cities, is one of the most modern creative bets in the Arab world in the arts of music and poetry.

• FESPAM Festival Pan Africain - June- (Bloemfontein, South Africa):

Created with the mission of promoting the music of Africa, this major cultural and scientific demonstration combines tradition, modernity and religion.

• Festival of sacred music in the world - June - (Pretoria, South Africa):

Created in 1994 and with great international significance, this festival was praised by the UN in 2011 for his promotion of spiritual dialogue among civilizations through music.

• International Festival - October- (Durban, South Africa):

The origins of this festival date back to 1988 when within the Alliance Française of Antananarivo Jazz club was created to promote the Malagasy Jazz. Today the International Festival every year welcomes both large island artists as musicians of international renown.

Commons in South Africa

There are various types greeting in South Africa:

• Shakehand: This greeting is the most popular for us, but in South Africa is common in big cities, for example Johanesburgo. It is to take the hand of other person and shake.

• Kiss forehead: This greeting can use in all time. The men and the women they can also use this greeting without discrimination. In South Africa is known as Sawabona and it means I respect you, I appreciate you, and you are important for me.

• Greeting with the  genitals: This greeting in ancestors is common and completely usual, the indians make this greeting because they think the soul can leave the body and they shake several times the genitals, the men the penis and women the breasts.

• Howzit: A traditional South African greeting that translates as "How are you?" or simply "Hello".

• Unjani: This is another way you can greet someone in isiZulu meaning “Hello”

• Heita: An urban and rural greeting used by South Africans.

• Sharp Fede: South African township greeting meaning “Hello, how are you?”

Colors in religious rituals and festival at South Africa

• In religious rituals and festival, indians and ancestors of South Africa have diferents mores and festivals are very colorful.

         There are many colors for example:

Red: this color means fortress, blood and power.

Green: this color means tranquility, nature, and their ancestors.

Yellow: this color means hapiness, brotherhood and fraternity.

Welcome to this amazing blog about the popular South Africa

The members this blog are: 

• My name is Laura Lamprea, my favorites colors is Green and White, I like read and dance, I am studing Nurse in the University of the Sabana.

• My name is Nicolas Pinzón, my favorite color is blue, I love the rock music, the science, the art, My favorite sport is chess, I am studing international Bussiness.

• My name is Jadith Adrian Rodriguez My favorite color is green, I am studing Economy at University of Sabana , I like to listen classic music and to cook in free time, besides I like the fotography and landscapes.

• My name is Lucy Varela, my favorite color is green I am nurse at University of Sabana, I am from Chile, I love the dogs