Carnival

For the 100th time this year, the Minstrels Carnival coloured Cape Town. It takes place on the 2nd of January. It is a day of celebration for the coloureds, since it was the only day off they had for the whole year.

The celebrations were supposed to start at 10 am. We decided to get there by 11am, but the march only started at 1.15pm. In Switzerland, the party would have been over already... It seems the problem was that the bus company had not arranged enough busses to bring the people to town.

All in all, 73 groups from all the coloured suburbs walked down the main streets. It is a big "coloured party". From the little children up to the grand-parents, from the musicians to the performers, they all take part.
What keeps surprising me, is to see that even 13 years after the democratic elections, the racial groups are still very much keeping to themselves. As my friend says, it is now their choices to do so, it is not imposed on them by the system. But cultural, wealth and locational differences are still widespread.