Freedom Day/South Africa Day

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So today I am off to South Africa Day. Now I remember Freedom Day back home never was such a big thing. South Africa has more public holidays than any other country, so I suppose not to much fuss was made about most of these things, but I miss home and winning tickets to this South African Market in the middle of London, with Victor Matfield who I don't much care for, and some other South African musicians and celebrities who I don't much care for, is big for me. Not because of the celebs etc. (as we have established... I don't much care for these peeps). No. It is because there will be wors. There will be koeksisters. There will be my flag. MY FLAG, flapping in the breeze. There will be Afrikaans spoken and I wont understand it. There will be treffers. There will be all the things that one takes for granted, when one is home.

To honour this momentous occasion I made this for the watsapp group... Because I couldn't find anything decent on the interwebs.

I know this is a photography thread. I will post photo's after the event (doh).
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Love the Springbuck.

Just a shame our government threatens to get rid of it every time they need a smoke screen.
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Didn't even know there was supposed to be a holiday today...
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I love the drawing, Raven! :D It captures the spirit perfectly. I wish a happy Freedom Day unto all, and encourage all to reflect upon what it means.
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For me it means I'm going to biltong at hopefully better costs :P

And thanks :)
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It looks as though everyone had a wonderful time! It does not look crowded, which, for an introvert such as myself, is most ideal. :) Live music, friendly conversation, small crowd of friends... Perfect! Thank you for sharing, Raven. I hope you had fun!
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By the time we left, everyone who'd been at work was there so it was very crowded. When we first got there, there was no line for food. When we left the line was about 50 people long.

It was a stunning day, I got to listen to a beautiful guitarist but he got peeved off because the sound tech guy only cared about Toya Delazy who was playing inside. We stayed and listened to him, because he was better and he needed fans. I am his fan. Jami Hilton. I am your fan :P
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So these were expats celebrating Freedom Day in the UK?
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We celebrated South Africa Day, because why not :P We don't get it as a holiday here, we just figured everyone at home is having a jol, ons maak a plaan en ons sal ook jol (and the entire Afrikaans culture just cried because once again Raven spoke Afrikaans poorly :P)
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Plan was die enigste fout.
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WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!
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