South Africa for kids – an amazing and quick guide to South Africa — Transcript

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1. 0:00[Music]
2. 0:00hello friends are you ready for more fun
3. 0:03i hope you are because today we're gonna
4. 0:05visit the beautiful country of south
5. 0:07africa by the way did you know that
6. 0:09south africa looks like a rhino's head
7. 0:11that's right and this fun coincidence is
8. 0:13even more interesting when you consider
9. 0:15that the majority of rhinos live in
10. 0:17africa it's crazy if you want to learn
11. 0:19more about south africa don't forget to
12. 0:21download the activity pack in the
13. 0:22description below you can also watch our
14. 0:24video about cape town and kruger
15. 0:26national park now let's continue with
16. 0:28the adventure as its name makes clear
17. 0:31south africa is located in the african
18. 0:33continent and it's surrounded by namibia
19. 0:34botswana and zimbabwe to the north
20. 0:37mozambique and eswatini to the east the
21. 0:40south atlantic to the west and the
22. 0:42indian ocean to the south also south
23. 0:44africa completely surrounds the country
24. 0:46of lesotho that's right there's an
25. 0:48entire country within south africa these
26. 0:51kinds of countries are called enclaved
27. 0:53countries now let's take a look at south
28. 0:55africa's flag flag has two horizontal
29. 0:57bands of red and blue separated by
30. 0:59horizontal green letter y which embraces
31. 1:02a black triangle it also has white and
32. 1:04yellow stripes it's a very colorful flag
33. 1:07don't you think these colors were taken
34. 1:09from the flag of the south african
35. 1:10republic and the flag of the african
36. 1:12national congress but what about the
37. 1:14language well check this out south
38. 1:17africa's 11 official languages de belli
39. 1:21pedi soto swati sanga swana
40. 1:27zulu afrikaans and english let's learn
41. 1:30some words of one of the most popular
42. 1:32languages afrikaans to say good morning
43. 1:34we say shimora and to say goodbye we say
44. 1:38totseens or tata repeat after me kimora
45. 1:42and totseens to say thank you we say
46. 1:44donkey and as a belief to say please you
47. 1:47can also say far soning
48. 1:50an excuse to say excuse me don't forget
49. 1:53to say ange nami canis when meeting
50. 1:56someone now let's count together repeat
51. 1:58after me one is in two is three three is
52. 2:03drai
53. 2:04for is fear and five is five well done
54. 2:10okay now let's take a look at south
55. 2:12africa's landscapes and places did you
56. 2:14know that south africa has three capital
57. 2:16cities yes cape town blimfontaine and
58. 2:19pretoria if you want to know more about
59. 2:21cape town don't miss our next video
60. 2:24there are more cities in south africa
61. 2:25like soweto durbin and the biggest one
62. 2:28johannesburg but i know what you're
63. 2:30thinking what about the nature south
64. 2:33africa is definitely known for its
65. 2:34natural landscapes like the lisbon falls
66. 2:37in pamalanga
67. 2:39with towering 308 feet these are the
68. 2:41highest falls in in pamalanga and you
69. 2:44can find it on the panorama route just
70. 2:46north of graskop another great example
71. 2:48of natural beauty is the oribee gorge
72. 2:50nature reserve in kwazulu natal this 15
73. 2:54mile long gorge is surrounded by tall
74. 2:56sandstone cliffs it's perfect for some
75. 2:58hiking and birding don't you think but
76. 3:00if you're looking for something a little
77. 3:02bit more relaxing you can visit the
78. 3:04dolphin coast in kwazulu-natal this
79. 3:07beautiful coast starts at the tungat
80. 3:10river and ends in zinquazi beach and
81. 3:12includes popular holiday towns like
82. 3:14balito um dlati and salt rock and in
83. 3:17case you're wondering yes you can see
84. 3:18some dolphins here but we can't talk
85. 3:21about south africa's nature without
86. 3:22mentioning the animals can we and what
87. 3:24better way to start than talking about a
88. 3:26group of animals that you probably
89. 3:27already know the big five do you
90. 3:30remember which animals are from the big
91. 3:31five don't worry i'll tell you these are
92. 3:34the elephant buffalo leopard lion and
93. 3:36rhino other popular animals in south
94. 3:38africa are the baboon hippopotamus
95. 3:41chameleon and springbok which is the
96. 3:42national animal of south africa and in
97. 3:44the oceans around the country you can
98. 3:46find whales and sharks especially the
99. 3:48great white shark which can sometimes
100. 3:50grow up to 23 feet long
101. 3:53almost half the length of a basketball
102. 3:55court imagine that by the way did you
103. 3:57know that there are also penguins in
104. 3:59south africa yeah i'm not joking there
105. 4:01are three penguin colonies in south
106. 4:03africa one of the penguin sites is
107. 4:05boulder's beach near cape town where you
108. 4:07can even swim with penguins that's
109. 4:09awesome now that we saw some of the
110. 4:11south african animals let's talk about
111. 4:13something a bit more dynamic sports the
112. 4:15most popular sports in south africa are
113. 4:17rugby cricket and especially soccer
114. 4:20known in south africa as football soccer
115. 4:22is so popular and the players are so
116. 4:24good there's no wonder why some of them
117. 4:26have left to play for international
118. 4:27clubs like aaron mcconaugh and delron
119. 4:29buckley and benny mccarthy south
120. 4:31africa's also hosted the 2010 fifa world
121. 4:34cup nice some other very talented
122. 4:37athletes from south africa are the
123. 4:38golfer gary player the qriket player
124. 4:40kepler wessels and the runner zola budd
125. 4:43talking about sports got me hungry what
126. 4:45do you say if we look at the south
127. 4:47african cuisine the bubba tea is a great
128. 4:49example of south african food and
129. 4:51although some people think the original
130. 4:52recipe is actually from the netherlands
131. 4:54there's no doubt south africans love it
132. 4:56this delicious dish is prepared with
133. 4:58minced meat spiced in medium heat curry
134. 5:00turmeric garlic lemon zest onions herbs
135. 5:03salt and pepper and then topped with an
136. 5:05egg and milk mixture placed back into
137. 5:08the oven to set also very popular in the
138. 5:10country are biltong and drovers which
139. 5:12are very similar to jerky poteekos and
140. 5:15tasty stew with meat and vegetables in
141. 5:17the milktet or milk tart a delicious
142. 5:20dessert made with a sweet pastry crust
143. 5:23and filled with a very light cheesecake
144. 5:25it looks and tastes just like milk now
145. 5:28that we're full of energy for all that
146. 5:30delicious food let's talk about the
147. 5:31south african traditions and culture as
148. 5:33i mentioned before there are 11 official
149. 5:35languages in south africa which means
150. 5:37there are a lot of different cultures
151. 5:38and traditions one of these traditions
152. 5:40is the zulu dance most zulu dances take
153. 5:42place during ceremonies and special
154. 5:44occasions and both men and women
155. 5:46required to wear special attire
156. 5:48unmarried and young men dance in
157. 5:50separate groups and occasionally the
158. 5:52married women and men break in and join
159. 5:54the festivities married women utter a
160. 5:56quavering shrill known as okukakiza
161. 5:58while the young women dance the young
162. 6:00men clap and play the drum and speaking
163. 6:02of dances we can't forget the indlamu
164. 6:05dance the isi katamiya soki and the
165. 6:08royal red dance now before we finish our
166. 6:11adventure here's another interesting
167. 6:13fact about south africa did you know
168. 6:14that the first ever heart transplant was
169. 6:16made in cape town south africa yes in
170. 6:19case you didn't know sometimes when
171. 6:21people's hearts get really sick and
172. 6:23can't be cured with medicine they need
173. 6:24to change it for a healthier one
174. 6:26nowadays this happens all the time but
175. 6:28back in 1967 53 year old louis
176. 6:31washkansky was the first person to have
177. 6:34a heart transplant this happened in at
178. 6:36the groot shore hospital in cape town
179. 6:38and the surgeon was dr christian bernard
180. 6:40and those are just a few fun facts about
181. 6:42south africa if you want to visit this
182. 6:44awesome country the best time of year to
183. 6:46visit is between may and october which
184. 6:48brings perfect weather conditions to
185. 6:50admire the beautiful wildlife also keep
186. 6:53in mind that the total flight duration
187. 6:55from the united states to south africa
188. 6:56is 18 hours and from europe is 11 hours
189. 7:00so make sure to bring something fun like
190. 7:02a toy or book to not get bored and a
191. 7:04pillow to have some well-deserved sleep
192. 7:06thank you so much for watching and
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195. 7:11afrikaans for ciao friends