South África

Presented By:
Fabian Camilo Salgado Sosa
TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS IN SOUTH AFRICA
The colonial and racial past of South Africa has left its mark in many of their
festivals. Locals have a special day to commemorate the end of apartheid without
forgetting the bloody days of 1976. The lives of hundreds of black children fighting
for equality in their upbringing had been lost. There is also room for music in the
middle of the main holidays, with some of the best rock and jazz as well as arts
festivals held in South Africa.
 Day of Goodwill
Known as Mutual Understanding Day, it is an extension of Christmas when locals go to the
beach to hang out with their families and friends. This holiday has colonial origins when
the English took the day off to enjoy their gifts.
Cape Town Jazz Festival
This prestigious festival is one of the best in the world. Many local and international artists
such as the Cuban saxophonist Wayne Shorter, Youssou N'dour and Patricia Barber, among
others, meet here every year. The festival takes place in the Cape Town Convention Center,
where more than five stages are usually set up.
Oppikoppi Festival

This music festival has been celebrated near the city of Northem in South Africa since
1994. Although the main genre is rock, there are also hip hop, jazz, metal, electronic music
and house concerts. Every year important national and international artists take part in it.
 Splashy Fen Labor Day
The largest open air music festival in South
Africa has been celebrated near Underberg This day is a national holiday in South Africa, so many
since 1990. Artists from all over the world
who are involved in music, performance or shops are closed. The restaurants and tourist places,
the visual arts come there. The area fills with
stages and food and drink stands are set up. however, usually stay open.
 TYPICAL FOOD FROM SOUR AFRICA
Sources and states, including: The culinary practices of the indigenous people of South
Africa such as the Khoisan, the Xhosa and the Sotho. On the other hand, the foreign uses
introduced during the colonial period by Afrikaner and British descendants as well as by
their slaves and servants; this includes influences from the Malaysian cuisine of the people
from Malaysia.
 Frikadellen
(Meatballs)
The frikadellen is one of the
typical dishes of South Africa.
It is an own version of the
meatballs and in turn
inheritance of the Dutch
colonization.
Bobotie (Minced
Meat with Egg)
A biltong dish is
made up of pieces
of meat, usually
veal, which are
made from fillets
cut into strips.
 Bobotie (Minced Braai
Meat with Egg) (Barbecue)
Braai refers in African to the
The bobotie is a meatloaf
barbecue prepared in the open
decorated with egg, it is prepared
air that includes pork, lamb,
with minced beef or lamb,
beef and boereword sausages.
seasoned with curry, ginger and
These pieces, previously
onion.
seasoned, are placed on the
grill to let them cook in their
natural juice.
 AFRICAN MUSIC
Africa is a vast continent, its different regions and nations having a great variety of musical
traditions.African musical instruments include a wide variety of drums, maracas or kashakas
and gonkoque as well as melodic instruments such as stringed instruments, (musical bow,
different types of harps or harp-like instruments such as Kora or fiddles), many types of
xylophone such as the mbira, and different types of wind instruments such as flutes and
trumpets.
 AFRICAN DRESS
If there is something that differentiates African clothing, it is its vivid and striking colors
that convey joy, both to those who wear them and to those who observe them.