Happy Heritage Day South Africa
By Claire Henderson
How are you celebrating Heritage Day?
Known
as “Braai Day”, this special holiday encourages South Africans to celebrate
their culture, diversity of their beliefs and their traditions; as many
cultures make up South Africa’s population.
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu was made
the National Spokesperson for “Braai Day” in 2007 and was quoted in an
interview saying: “We are going to have this wonderful thing on the 24th
of this month, where we all gather round one fire. It’s a fantastic thing, a
very simple idea. Irrespective of your politics, of your culture, of your race,
of your whatever, hierdie ding doen ons saam [this thing we’ll do together]
just South Africans doing one thing together, and recognizing we are a
fantastic nation.”
With many South Africans taking to their
braai’s all over the country it is overwhelming to think that such a simple
appliance can bring an entire nation together. Whether it is a state of the art
gas braai or one you have made yourself out of a good old drum barrel the power
it holds is immense!
However you are celebrating, while lighting
up your braai or cooking your dinner take a moment to think about your amazing
nation (and how lucky you are to have a day off to have a braai!)
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Claire has a BA Hons Degree in Photography and Journalism, is passionate about writing, food, equal rights and all things African.
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