Cape Town is buzzing with activity this month! Tourists and locals alike will be spoilt for choice when it comes to events happening beyond the walls of the stadium and fan parks. Arts and cultural producers in Cape Town have particularly risen to the occasion in offering excellent soccer and other themed exhibitions and events. Here is another great exhibit in the long line of places to visit this June. For other ideas, have a look at our pickings in Best of June 2010.
This exhibition by the Iziko Social History Collections (SHC) department showcases a part of history and culture unique to Cape Town and South Africa. It focuses on how carnival participation has been passed on from generation to generation, while tracing the carnival’s roots and its transformation over the centuries. A striking case study of how social life, politics, identity, popular culture, ritual and negotiating day-to-day life all come together can be found in the celebration of carnival and in the performances of the Malay choirs, Christmas bands and klopse troupes. The significance of carnival as celebration, as well as the context of changing expressions of identity is highlighted.
The exhibition draws on Iziko SHC’s new oral history and carnival collections, which are displayed in audiovisual stations, contemporary images and text panels.
Enquiries: Katie Mooney, Tel. 021 464 1262 or email kmooney@iziko.org.za
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