Cape Town Carnival 2012

Cape Town celebrated the third annual Cape Town Carnival, themed "Cape to Rio", on Saturday, 24 March 2012. About 120.000 people lined the Somerset Road in Greenpoint to watch 9 Floats and approximately 2000 performers celebrating Africa's creativity with floats, dance, music and inspired performances. Put it on your calendar for next year and make sure that, in case you are going to be in Cape Town around the end of March 2013, you are not missing Cape Town's biggest street party. Kudos @ Henning Gawrisch for the video footage!

The Kaapse Klopse - Cape Town's unique carnival celebrations

Every year on the 02 Jan the streets of Cape Town, South Africa come alive when the city's mixed-race population celebrates the so-called Kaapse Klopse (also known as Cape Town Minstrel Carnival or the Cape Town Coon Carnival). Its roots go back to the emancipation of the slaves in South Africa in 1834. The 23min Al Jazeera documentary "Cape Town Carnival" follows two troupes through planning and practice to the competition phase, where they will compete in a number of different events, and passions run high.

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