The Sister Bettina Challenge is South Africa's Latest Craze
The Sister Bettina Challenge is South Africa's latest social media craze.
SOUTH AFRICA—The Sister Bettina Challenge is taking South Africa by storm.
<p>This popular kwaito song released in 2006 is having a revival among South African youth, with many of them posting videos online of them getting down to the catchy beat. One thing's for sure is that this song will have even the most reluctant dancer out of their seat!</p><p>According to many South Africans, it is physically impossible to not dance when "Sister Bettina" comes on.</p><p>Below you’ll find some our favorite videos of folks participating in the viral challenge:</p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p></p><p dir="ltr" lang="en">SISTER BETTINA CHALLENGE <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sisterbettinachallenge?src=hash">#sisterbettinachallenge</a></p><p>With <a href="https://twitter.com/nelisiwemwase">@nelisiwemwase</a> and @bridgetandlife | shot by <a href="https://twitter.com/OMFilmsSA">@omfilmssa</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/unclescrooch">@unclescrooch</a> <a href="https://t.co/Fil6tEKKvh">pic.twitter.com/Fil6tEKKvh</a></p><p><div class="preroll-video"></div><ora-player></ora-player></p><p>— BABES WAMALEYVELS (@lasizwe) <a href="https://twitter.com/lasizwe/status/877063708220035072">June 20, 2017</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><p><span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ce4cb2268a4495a21515b89c5b1d0040"><iframe type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4CdUdeds6uo?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span></p><p></p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);"><p></p><div style="padding: 8px;"><p></p><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"></div><p></p><p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BVR5KzQlCG-/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">The creativity in my Res never ever seizes to amaze me:joy::joy::joy::joy::ok_woman::skin-tone-5::ok_woman::skin-tone-5::ok_woman::skin-tone-5::ok_woman::skin-tone-5: #sistabetinachallenge#funny#SouthPoint#HIBIRI!!!!</a></p><p></p><p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by Kele (@_blvck_rose_18) on <time datetime="2017-06-13T12:22:10+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Jun 13, 2017 at 5:22am PDT</time></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p><script async="" defer src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script></p><p></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="7ccc4a26caa102d7fe313b0a38d637d2"><div class="fb-video" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/oratile.sekgopi.3/videos/2301526583405876/" data-allowfullscreen="true"></div></div><p></p><p> </p><p>And if you're curious here's the original song:</p><p><span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="837afef8f6fcbd6e70f1f8fe8548e88c"><iframe type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FlEkRSq0-Qg?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span></p><p> </p>
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