South African President Jacob Zuma did not slip and fall during a traditional solo dance at his wedding, as media reports had claimed, a Zulu dancer said on Tuesday. The 'fall' was part of the Zulu dance, said Ngizwe Mchunu, who led the Zulu warriors who danced during the president's traditional wedding on Monday. 'It was part of the dance. Zulus deliberately drop their bodies when they dance. It is the way of excelling. There is no excitement if you don't do it,' he was quoted as saying by the South African Press Association. Mchunu, who was also invited to dance during U. S. President Barack Obama's inauguration in 2009, said it was important for reporters to learn about Zulu culture. South Africa's Eyewitness News and the British newspaper the Guardian reported that the president did a solo traditional dance and slipped and fell backwards in the process. 'There was no indication that he had been hurt,' the Guardian's reporter wrote. Mchunu said, 'Even our famous Maskandi musicians do the falling and they don't get hurt.' Zuma married Thobeka Madiba at his Nkandla homestead in KwaZulu- Natal province on Monday afternoon in a colorful traditional wedding, which attracted scores of guests and reporters. 