Sokkie

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A sokkie is a social dance with a partner popular with some Afrikaners.

It is also referred to in Afrikaans as "langarm", a term used to describe the style of dance at a sokkie.

The word sokkie refers to the way people dance in their socks, without shoes. This is not always the case, but this type of dancing is always called sokkie. Folklore has it that this type of dancing was taken from the American style: Sock-Hop.

The emergence of a particular style of commercialised sokkie-music in recent years is of particular note. Examples of "artists" are Kurt Darren, Nicholis Louw, and Juanita du Plessis, among many others. It is the opinion of some that the amateurish style and nonsensical lyrics of "sokkiejoltreffers" (could be translated as sokkie-fun-hits) has earned "Afrikaans music" a bad name among most audiences in South Africa. As sokkiejoltreffers is a form of Afrikaans pop music, it receives the most airplay and high-profile marketing of any genre.
A favourite method of sokkie creating music or songs is to take successful English songs and translate them into Afrikaans. Or use the tune of another successful song for their song.
Nicholis Louw even used the ringtone Blue Horizon from a Sony Ericsson cellphone for the tune of his hit song - Rock Daai Lyfie.

[edit] Made-Up Words

Another strange phenomena is the made up words some of the artists use, like
Guillaime's "Da Idi"
Nicholis Louw's "Maia Hee, Maia Hoo"
Juanita du Plessis's "Patayo"