
‘Mermaiding is a sport,’ suggests instructor Izelle Nair
MARCO LONGARI
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Movie by Paloma Giustizieri and John Mkhize. Pictures by Marco Longari and Phill Magakoe
A dozen South Africans dressed as mermaids and mermen frolic in a Johannesburg pool, mimicking the motion of the mystical sea creatures.
Mermaiding is a rapidly-growing activity throughout the world, and now South Africa has its very own university to teach it — the “Merschool”.
Just before diving in, college students each and every slip on a brightly colored fabric tail ending in a monofin.

To be a mermaid — or merman — all that is necessary is a minor approach, some breath-holding expertise and a appreciate of costumes
Phill Magakoe
The swimmers are black and white, from 13 several years aged to in their forties. They include a schoolteacher, a yoga teacher and even an accountant.
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