Im Südwesten Afrikas waren seit jeher vor allem die Hottentotten und Buschmänner (Khoikoi und San) beheimatet. Heute leben in Südafrika Menschen verschiedenster Kulturen. Aufgrund der kolonialen Vorgeschichte haben Südafrikaner Vorfahren aus Schwarzafrika, den Niederlanden, Groß Brittannien, Deutschland, Frankreich, Malaysia und Indien.
De Tour
Diese transfer nimmt Sie mit zu einem ländlichen Teil von Vaalwater auf dem Weg zum Cultural Village.
Der Trip beinhaltet Mittagessen in Vaalwater, Besuch einige Souvenirläden und einen Besuch der Cultural Village in Vaalwater, wo Sie viel über die einheimische Kultur lernen und sehen können, wie diese Menschen sich mit ihren verschiedenen Tänzen ausdrücken. Die Tänze, Musik und der Rhythmus der Trommeln entführen Sie in vergangene Zeiten.
Diese Aktivität beinhaltet die Tour und Mittagessen, die Transferkosten sind ausgeschlossen.
Preis : R 665,- p.P. (zzgl. Transport) (Aktivitätnicht am Wochenendemöglich)
Experiences of a visit to the Cultural Village
Kololo, 2008
Zacharias is the cook in Kololo. A young man,' with a dream'. "My dream is to create a Cultural Village in the Township of Vaalwater". Some people follow their Dream...and succeed! Together with enthousiastic youngsters, a piece of terrain on the dump is cleared and cleaned. Traditional mudhuts are built with materials found on the dumpyard. Then traditional dances and songs are practiced, over and over again.
Sadly Zacharias passes away in 2010.... But his slogan, written above the entrance of the Village: YOU MUST NEVER FAIL TO TRY, is very much alive!
November 2012 It's a very hot afternoon. After a cappucino in the BushStopCafe in Vaalwater,we drive into the Township. Small stone houses where children play in tidy gardens.Colourful clothes drying on the washing lines. A little shack type shop sells softdrinks and fruit. Skinny goats walk on the narrow roads. Its not easy finding the Cultural Village, but a friendly young girl offers to bring us there. She jumps in the car and leads us over bumpy sandy paths, passing little "houses" made of corrugated iron and pieces of plastic. Mothers with small children sit under a flowering tree. Sun is shining now, but one can only immagine how it must be when the tropical rains sweeps in their faces....
We hear the beating of the drums. A group of about twenty youngsters,dressed in antelope skin skirts and shorts, tinkeling shells around their ankles and arms, dance passionately on the rhythm of the beating drums! Soon their musceled brown bodies, gleam as if they are polished with palm oil. Their bare feet wildly kicking up the dusty sand! Shy children from the Township come in, one by one and quietly sit down under a thatched roof to watch the dance. Young kids with tiny babies strapped on their backs, glancing shyly at us with a sweet smile. The show is spectacular and very professional. Wouldn't look bad in a Theatre in London or Amsterdam! Sometimes it is moving..and then creativly erotic. The boys sing with low voices, answered by the melodious voices of the girls. Then there is a"cabaret like" dance with a great sence of humor and at the end we all hold hands and the African children sing the National Anthem in lovely high voices. We are moved..
The visit is a highlight of our holiday in the Lovely Limpopo. Not at all 'a tourist trap', like so many. In the contrary: it touches our soul. It is also good to know that the entrance fee is used for the education of the children. John, the leader, a 22 year old intelligent young man, is doing a very good job. Go and see for yourself. It might change your life...and the life of the children.
nov.2012
