Heritage Day

In South Africa a national holiday in September is Heritage Day - a day to remember and celebrate all the different cultures and peoples that have gone into making South Africa such a fascinating nation. It is important for young people to have a safe place to display their cultural pride and talents and to be reminded of their history - to be given a chance to explore the roots of the cultural practices that have so often been distorted. These are pictures from an event put on for a large group of youth from Okhahlamba. I hope they can somewhat demonstrate how the traditional merges with the modern.....