Umxhentso information

Umxhentso is the traditional dancing of Xhosa people performed mostly by Amagqirha, the traditional healers/Sangoma. Ukuxhentsa-Dancing has always been a source of pride to the Xhosas as they use this type of dancing in their ceremonies.^[1]

This dancing includes overt shoulder movements that include shaking the thoracic and the rest of the upper body, stomping barefoot. Umxhentso is usually accompanied by a drum beat or slow vocal music called ukhombela with clapping to give the dancers a rhythm to follow.