[Leica] IMGs: Cape Town New Year's Carnival

[afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com)]

Well, I feel as if I've been there now. Wonderful series and atmosphere.
Keep them coming.

Cheers

alastair

> Greetings from Cape Town, where the New Year's Carnival is in full swing.
>
> The carnival is a lot like Rio's and Mardi Gras in New Orleans--a time of
> licensed insubordination.? The minstrel troupes that I've been hanging
> with for the last four years are similar to the samba schools of Rio and
> New Orleans' social aid and pleasure clubs.? Music, dancing, feasting,
> parading, fine costumes, and a certain amount of intoxicants....
>
> On the other hand, this carnival has nothing to do with the Christian
> calendar.? It's rooted in nineteenth-century commemorations of the end of
> slavery in colonial South Africa.
>
> I spent New Year's Day with with the Pennsylvania Crooning Minstrels, one
> of the troupes that shows up a lot in the book I've been working on:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/y8gsljt
>
> Carnival's biggest day (although it's far from the only big day) is the
> January 2nd, when over 60 troupes march through the streets of Cape Town.?
> Even though all the shooting for the book is done, I couldn't find a
> reason to stay away.? The results are here:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/yb4lm8n
>
> Comments warmly welcomed.
>
> --John
>
> ******************************
> John Edwin Mason, Photography:
> http://www.JohnEdwinMason.com
> Charlottesville and Cape Town
>
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