Kaapse Klopse, Cape Town Minstrel Carnival 2023. The pure Cape style party.
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- Опубликовано: 1 янв 2023
- So the Kaapse Klopse carnival is a strange legacy from a bygone era, but still much celebrated & loved by the local Cape communities. It started out as the day of celebrations for enforced slaves being “given” a holiday on the second of January or Tweede Nuwe jaar .
This became a marching festival which took on influences from visiting minstrel & jazz tropes, among the now “free” people but that were later restricted by the apartheid laws of South Africa.
With the release of Nelson Mandela & the emergence of the new South Africa some found the meaning of the festival hard to reconcile with their “new freedoms”, but the greater Cape communities still cherished this part of their old customs & so the festival still flourishes today. There have been disputes among organisers but this year’s carnival was a great success after the two year covid restriction cancellations.
I spoke to many people on the day whilst invading their cordoned off pavement real estate (asked very politely!) to take suitable RUclips video & everyone was very happy to be there to once again witness the event.
More info here :-
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Proudly cape town 🥳
My dad drove us overnight for 800 km (500 miles) in his Ford Fairlane to watch the Kaapse Klopse in 1967, I was 6 years old at the time. It was an experience I shall never forget. The Kaapse Klopse embodies everything that is joyful and hopeful and positive about humankind.
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very beautiful
I love the klopse has been seeing them since a child when my late grandma would prepare all the needs then we will go to Woodstock from salt river the evening before tents will be put up you will sleep on your mattress for 2 nights when all is done you go back home I've been doing this for all these years until 70 yrs old COVID came and destroyed our beautiful sight seeing of our coons well it's back so we can enjoy again ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Not only are they back, they will become the greatest show on earth on "second new year" for eons!
Proudly south african . Love south African culture
Absolutely fantastic my family and I were there in 2000 still as joyful 😊
This looks like a great time 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾
Was absolutely awesome I was there on the grandstands yesterday
Yes it’s controversial new to western people, but it’s been our Cape coloured way of celebrating our culture and where Cape Coloureds come from since before my grandmother was born in Cape Town in 1929
And I love it & will be there to video again next year 🤩
The only tym it fl good being a kalid but i wouldnt change it for anything i made a promise long ago no matter wat im in town on 2 january
Good for toerisme !!!
They must just get Francois Pienaar with his FNB connections involved. And then SuperSport.😁
Do they still have the Malay choirs in their beautiful out fits consisting of blazers and trousers with the fez
What time of year is this?
January 2nd, each year 👍
Get your facts right ... Slaves or Servants ?
Of the Dutch or the English
AFRIKAANS is the MOTHER TONGUE of South Africa ❤❤❤
My apologies if you find anything I have said in the video incorrect. But the referenced Wikipedia article using the word “slaves”. But also I haven’t made an reference to them working for the Dutch or English or of the Afrikaans language! Thank you
No need to apologize, your facts and Wikipedia reference are correct. I also understand where Salome comes from. You are both actually correct! The term "slave" can be misconstrued, especially after so many centuries. In the context of the Cape: When the Dutch East India Company founded the replenishing station for voyages to the East at the Cape of Good Hope (in 1652) they found that the local populations (the Koi and the San) were willing to trade and barter, but not submit to any master. Consequently, people from the various trading partners in the East were coaxed to come to the Cape. They were indeed termed as "slaves" even though their role, in today's parlance, would better be described as servants. (In fact, many became concubines, but let us rather not go there.😅) In the context of the British Empire and the USA in particular, the term "slave" has a very different meaning. That refers to Africans that were hunted like animals in West Africa, abducted by force, transported in dire circumstances by ship to British colonies, especially North America and its adjacent islets, where they were abused in all sorts of abominable ways. Big difference.
When Elon Musk and Charlize Theron should happen to run into one another, I hope they will both converse in their mother tongue!🤣
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They used to be the best and now they are running around like they are lost.
This is a klompy kak
Thank you for watching anyway 👍
'Influeanced by American Jazz(New Orleans)' Sir get your facts straight.. (With respect)
With respect, YOUR facts are erroneous. The music of the Kaapse Klopse predates jazz by at least two centuries. The Cape Carnival predates the Rio de Janeiro carnival and New Orleans's Mardi Gras by at least 150 years. I guess you must be American.🤦♂
Taken from Wikipedia - The music associated with minstrel history and Tweede Nuwe Jaar was influenced by a variety of sources. In the 17th and 18th centuries, slaves were sent to the Cape of Good Hope from Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India and East Africa (Madagascar), creating a melting pot of culture and influence. The British garrisons of the era influenced the marching processions of the minstrel troupes and a substantial collection of songs draw their origins from the Netherlands.[4] The Cape slaves together with the local Khoisan population were known to sing in choirs as part of the celebrations. They also watched the colonial troops parade in Cape Town while singing "God Save the Queen". Traces of African, Asian and European music can be heard in the minstrel music. The ghoema beat reflects rhythmic similarities of India, Indonesia, Africa and the Middle East. Therefore, "Ghoemaliedjies" (Ghoema songs) are reminiscent of the music from Africa, Asia and Europe. "Melodies" and "moppies" have Western origins and were strongly influenced by African-American music (possibly associated with the exposure to the visiting American minstrels). The cinemas across District Six also exerted the jazz influence and the re-enactment of famous actors and singers in the performances.[2] The evolution of the Cape slave "social fabric" included the development of their own music and dance which was used to grow social cohesion and celebrate whatever freedoms they were granted.
@@cometravelwithme9473 Way too much information for a Yankee-doodle good ole cowboy from the US of A to digest.🙄
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@@IwasInThe60s As a CAPE TOWN born South African I've experienced; people in the Communities are looking forward to this, save their money for this, practice throughout the year for this event and January and February competitions that runs in various Communities all over (the areas... Cape flats, Northern and Southern Subarbs) Cape town. i live now in the Caribbean Islands and miss Cape Town South Africa very much(especially the FOOD).
Its not nice to Watch.People Camp Night before and do not Allow any one to get closer.Overcrowded Klopse Gatherings.😥
DISGUSTING HISTORY BEHIND THIS FESTIVAL