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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Although not all the troupes were dressed in their carnival attire as they did not want to reveal too much ahead of the parade for the annual minstrel carnival in the new year, a big Cape Town ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...