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I
feel sad because I know what the potential in Alex is.
On all levels. For all the aspects of the creative side of the
Alexandra people. But it's not being done. I mean, ... in a small place
like this where there are so many people who can sing, who have got
voices, who are good vocally, we don't have a combined choir of the
community. And it could be done. Even if it's not huge. It's not like
two..., a thousand voices but even four hundred voices would be great
in
Alex. But somebody has got to, some people that are involved in music
should be looking at that but we have a problem that the, the, the
owners, they, they make I mean, they make themselves owners of the
different groups, do not, they are too territorial, they don't want to
work with other people.
R.M. Why is it that there is such a wonderful mix of people in Alex,
but the styles, the musical styles don't mix ... as easy as the people
'cause the people seem to be getting on very well with each other? But
there isn't that same crossover with...
B.D. I think the territorialism of music and other aspects of the
lifestyles of people is to try and keep their identity. It's a, ...
it's a very... stereotypical way of keeping their identity. It's
almost
like, if you did something, ... you were Zulu and you did something
Venda you would be tainting your image or your identity. So it's, while
people talk to each other but when it comes to the cultural practice
nothing has been done to say that we can all do the same thing or we
can fuse them together or we can learn from one another...
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