Cape Town — You’ve probably been wondering what this dancing fainting craze videos are all about, unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past week or two…
Limpopo-based singer King Monada’s hit song, Malwedhe, has just sent us to an early festive season mood – not that we are complaining.
Malwedhe means illness or sickness in the Bolobedu dialect of the Sepedi language. The song is accompanied by a dance where people pretend that they’re fainting at the chorus and words: ke na le bolwedhe bao idibala (I have an illness of fainting). Fans around the world have taken to social media to post videos of themselves doing the “fainting dance”, falling to the floor when the lyrics drop. In classrooms, school grounds, and construction sites… Read more
