Velskoen! Graskoue Trappers the riel deal in California
23 July 2015 - 02:02
The bright lights and big stages of Los Angeles did not intimidate the velskoen-clad youngsters from the tiny town of Wupperthal in the Cederberg mountains. It was the cars that gave them the jitters. Die Nuwe Graskoue Trappers - a 15-member dance troupe that performed the riel dance, one of the oldest dance forms in South Africa, at the World Championships of Performing Arts in Long Beach in California - returned home with 13 medals yesterday.
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