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Cape Town Minstrels " Kaapse Klopse"

The Kaapse Klopse (or simply Klopse) is a minstrel festival that takes place annually on January 2, in Cape Town, South Africa. As many as 13,000 minstrels take to the streets garbed in bright colours, either carrying colourful umbrellas or playing an array of musical instruments. The minstrels are grouped into klopse ("clubs" in Cape Dutch, but more accurately translated as troupes in English). Participants are typically from Afrikaans-speaking working class "coloured" families who have preserved the custom since the mid-19th century.
Although it is called the Coon Carnival by Capetonians, local authorities have renamed the festival the Cape Town Minstrel Carnival as foreign tourists find the term "coon" derogatory.
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I took a day off and was a tourist, shot this small project from a spectators view as I dont have a press pass.
Cape Town Minstrels " Kaapse Klopse"
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Cape Town Minstrels " Kaapse Klopse"

Cape Town's 2012 Kaapse Klopse, Head at the begining of every year.

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