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Downbeat vs Indlamu - What's the difference?

downbeat | indlamu |

As nouns the difference between downbeat and indlamu

is that downbeat is (music) the accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke) while indlamu is a traditional zulu dance from south africa in which the dancer lifts one foot over his head and brings it down hard, landing squarely on the downbeat.

As an adjective downbeat

is sad or pessimistic.

downbeat

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (music) The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke)

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • sad or pessimistic
    • He sounded downbeat when asked about his future plans.

    Antonyms

    * upbeat

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    indlamu

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    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia indlamu)
  • A traditional Zulu dance from South Africa in which the dancer lifts one foot over his head and brings it down hard, landing squarely on the downbeat.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 22, author=Roslyn Sulcas, title=Beyond the Body, Making Spirit Move, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=But there was sophistication and beauty in the way that traditional African dance motifs, like the fierce, stamping Zulu indlamu sequences, were woven together with more sinuous abstract movements. }}

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