Amazing African Ceremonial Dance Uudhano 🇳🇦 | Honouring A 800 Year old Boabab Tree
Channel: Sizzles Diaries
Date: 29/04/2021

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Hello besties! Here is another video aiming to educate you about african traditional dances. This particular one is performed by a group of senior women at the Outapi heritage site found in Namibia.

The dance is called ondilimani, which is one of the typical Ovawambo people folk dance. 

History of the 800 year old Outapi / Ombalantu baobab tree is a heritage Centre that has a magestic tree which stands 28 metres tall.

It measures 26,5 metres in diameter, which means that it takes 25 adults holding hands to circle the tree. However the history of the tree is as impressive as this massive old giant. 

In 1835 King Kamaku of the Ombalantu people died and other tribes from the area, who were always stealing cattle from the tribe, started to attack more frequently also killing the people.
The headman then decided to cut a hole into the top of the tree and hollow it out so that the woman and children could climb into it when the village was attacked.

About 35 or more people could fit in it, there are aldo several baobab trees which were hollowed out in this area.

The Outapi Baobab tree remains the most remarkable one to date, and in 1940 the tree became the first official Post Office in Outapi. Especially the men, who were working in the cities, used to send money and goods to their families in the North, making use of the Outapi Baobab Post Office. It also served as a house and chapel at some point in Namibian history.

Today the tree is a tourism attraction but still has the church altar, cross and a couple of benches inside.  The tree is still very much  alive and carries leaves and fruits.

If you are privileged to visit this amazing historical site, you will most definately be welcomed with style by the Ovawambo women dancing the iconic ndilimani dance or what is popularly known as oshiwambo dance.

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