Hustle In Bemba — Kung Fu
In the streets of Zambia, the global blockbuster Kung Fu Hustle
Scene 2: The Knife-Throwing Scene (The Landlady’s Slipper)
The famous scene where the landlady throws a rubber slipper that curves through the air like a boomerang is pure Bemba gold. In Bemba, a slipper is icilapato. The commentator will sing: “Icilapato ca Mayo! Chiliba amaka! Chilabweluka nga kalulu!” (“Mother’s slipper! It has power! It turns like a hare!”). This turns a simple visual gag into a piece of oral poetry. kung fu hustle in bemba
Scene 1: The Landlady Confronts the Tenants (Original: "Who's throwing the handle?")
Bemba Dub:
Aba bantu bapati balecilamo, balelolela aba bami. Sing, uyu mwana aleshilika umutima, afuma mu bubi, ya kosa. Ba kosa bandi balemusha ukuti Kung Fu. Sing, alya fimo fimo, okweba ati: "Nshakwatako ubufi." E co, ba mulopwe ba Sing balamona ubufi bwa kwa The Beast, e lyo balamusha. In the streets of Zambia, the global blockbuster

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