Stressed by Politics? ESCAPE! With a Beautiful African Choir: UKUTHULA – Meaning Peace in Zulu

Amazing! Ukuthula – Hlumelo’s Swansong!  Performed by the Cape Town Youth Choir as part of STBB s 121 year birthday celebrations Solo by Hlumelo Marepula Conducted by Leon Starker Watch this great piece of music performed Ukuthula: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C2fJKBmKFk

The Zulu Word “Ukuthula!” When shouted out by a melodious African voice and followed by ullulations from high pitched female voices or when sung by a youth choir epitomizes the feelings of reaching out to the world and others with words of Peace! Love! and Hope! Enjoy!

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Africa is predominatantly a Christian based society like the United States everywhere South of the Sahara. It also has a strong intellectual Muslim History from the Central Sahara which believed strongly in coexistence with Christian and Jewish Communities and published amazing works of thought which are written about in the Great Non-fiction book The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu. If you haven’t read it, you really should.

We in our isolated American culture often forget that there are hundreds, if not thousands of other religious traditions throughout the world that have their own traditionals around the themes of childbirth, health, well-being, meditation, the winter and summer solstice, as well as thanksgivings for good harvests. which contrasts with the summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere and the first fruits of the spring harvests. Look up world religions and you will find that every day in December has some sort of religious celebration!

All of these traditions focus on the celebration of Joy, Peace, Light, Freedom, Seeking the Devine, and Spiritual Awakening. Peace! Ukuthula!

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