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Ihobe liyataka (Dove, don't run away, don't hop about)

Group of young Mpondo married women
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Ihobe liyataka (Dove, don't run away, don't hop about)
Young married Mpondo women of the Caba Location, Cape Province, South Africa, sing in a call-and-response form as they accompany themselves with a particular form of clapping. The clapping, together with the dancing, is called umngcutsho.