SPGTV Malay Traditions in Cape Town – Cape Town Video

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The Malays brought Islam with them to South Africa. Devout Muslims observe Islamic practices, they go to prayers at the call for prayer from the mosques. The Malays settled in Cape Town at the foot of Lions Head, known today as Bo-Kaap, the majority of them today lives on the Cape Flats. Cobblestoned streets and brightly painted Georgian style houses are characteristic of Bo-Kaap. On New Years Day the Cape Coons, dressed in their brightly coloured outfits with their faces painted, they dance and sing through along the streets of Cape Town entertaining the crowds, an old tradition started by the slaves.

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