Township Tours in Cape Town
South Africa is a place of immense diversity and assorted cultural incidences. One of these outstanding experiences is to join in a township tour. A lot of the country’s populace reside in townships.
Cape Town is a small centre compared to the rest of the country in terms of demographics but it too enjoys some of the liveliest township cultures. In Cape Town, Khayelitsha is the largest followed by Crossroads. Khayelitsha translated to English means our new home and is an amalgamation of the old Crossroads and KTC settlements.
Today it is settled by over two million residents and is documented as the second largest informal settlement in South Africa. It is only over-shadowed by the world famous Soweto where Nelson Mandela lived. Established in 1985, however the apartheid regime had been aggressively moving people there since 1983.
There are many exhilarating things to see in township existence. There are shebeens where tourists can go to enjoy home-made beer and eat the local cuisine. Food consists of the livestock that is farmed; such as goats, cows and chickens.
Townships have lodgings where tourists can stay a few days to experience the ins and outs of daily living. It is an assorted combination of cultures and religions. The prevailing religion being that of African Traditional Religion; includes customs as witchdoctors, diviners and ancestors.
The township tours in Cape Town are striking and moving. The music and dance that springs from these parts are of a class that is world famous. The degree to which can be seen in internationally renowned and award captivating tributes; like the motion picture U-Carmen eKhayelitsha which won Golden Bear for best film at the esteemed Berlin Film Festival.
The people and the settlement combine to shape a pulsating and energetic society. This allows for all types of human interest conditions where people demonstrate their immense talent to the world. The experience of a township tour is memorable and adds to the power of pleasure as a tourist in Cape Town.
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February 03 2010 08:32 am | Destinations