But what is a coon carnival without the atchaars - minstrels who specialise in terrifying ... animal and monster masks, armed with harmless homemade axes, swords and spears, thrilled the crowd ...

It is also understood that the carnival’s current form has been influenced by the songs, costumes and performances of African American minstrels who arrived in Cape Town in 1860s to entertain ...

IN WHAT has been hailed as historic, this year’s minstrel carnival through the streets of Cape Town will be run by minstrels themselves. This comes as the city signs an agreement with a ...

Thousands of colourfully costumed minstrels paraded through Cape Town Saturday in an exuberant century-old carnival rooted in the South African city's history of slavery that drew large crowds of ...

The annual Minstrel carnival has been cancelled again. Muneeb Gambeno, director of the Kaapse Klopse Karnival Association, said they chose to cancel the event due to the effects of the Covid-19 fourth ...

When South African director John Barker was seven years old, the Johannesburg native experienced Cape Town’s Minstrel Carnival for the first time. The annual celebration, which is rooted in the ...

Music is back on the streets of Cape Town. The annual Cape Town Minstrel carnival, also known as "Tweede Nuwe Jaar" has gathered tens of thousands of people on Monday. Performers play music ...

Picture: Melikhaya Zagagana/Eyewitness News CAPE TOWN - The Cape Town Minstrels' festival management ... the country to witness the colourful carnival. [Happening Now] The Cape Town’s most ...

It is also understood that the carnival’s current form has been influenced by the songs, costumes and performances of African American minstrels who arrived in Cape Town in 1860s to entertain ...