Cape Town. 2.1.16. A member of the Fabulous Woodstock Starlites troupe pulls his face during the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade held on Saturday in the streets of Cape Town. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16. The Shoprite Hanover Park Pensylvanians troupe in front of the Town Hall during the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade held on Saturday in the streets of Cape Town. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16. A member of the Shoprite Hanover Park Pensylvanians troupe during the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade held on Saturday in the streets of Cape Town. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16. The Shoprite Hanover Park Pensylvanians troupe marching down Castle Street during the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade held on Saturday in the streets of Cape Town. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16. A member of the Shoprite Hanover Park Pensylvanians troupe during the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade held on Saturday in the streets of Cape Town. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16. A member of the Shoprite Hanover Park Pensylvanians troupe struts his stuff during the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade held on Saturday in the streets of Cape Town. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16. Thousands of spectators lined Wale, Adderley and Castle streets to watch the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrels spectacle held on Saturday in Cape Town. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16. A member of the Fabulous Woodstock Starlites troupe pulls his face during the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade held on Saturday in the streets of Cape Town. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16. John Claase, Voorloper of the Young Ones Youth Development, leads his troupe during the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade held on Saturday in the streets of Cape Town. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16. A member of the Shoprite Hanover Park Pensylvanians troupe strut his stuff during the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade held on Saturday in the streets of Cape Town. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16. john Claase, Voorloper of the Young Ones Youth Development troupe, struuts his stuff during the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade held on Saturday in the streets of Cape Town. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16. A member of the Young Ones Youth Development troupe pulls his face during the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade held on Saturday in the streets of Cape Town. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16. The "Cat" of the Shoprite Hanover Park Pensylvanians troupe strut his stuff during the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade held on Saturday in the streets of Cape Town. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16. Sally Darsot from Johannesburg was one of themany tourists who came specially to the Mother City to watch the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade held on Saturday in the streets of Cape Town. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16. A member of the District Six Hanover Park Minstrels troupe strut his stuff during the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade held on Saturday in the streets of Cape Town. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16. A toddler member of The Last Tamahawks Apache's troupe strut his stuff during the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade held in the streets of Cape Town on Saturday. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16. The District Six Hanover Park Minstrels was the first troupe to start the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade held on Saturday in the streets of Cape Town. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16. The Last Tamahawks Apache's troupe during the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade held in the streets of Cape Town on Saturday. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16. A member of the Shoprite Hanover Park Pensylvanians troupe struts his stuff during the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade held on Saturday in the streets of Cape Town. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16.The Shoprite Hanover Park Pensylvanians troupe during the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade spectacle that was held on Saturday in the streets of Cape Town. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16. A toddler member of The Last Tamahawks Apache's troupe strut his stuff during the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade held in the streets of Cape Town on Saturday. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16. A member of the Shoprite Hanover Park Pensylvanians troupe struts his stuff during the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade held on Saturday in the streets of Cape Town. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16. The Voorloper of the District Six Hanover Minstrels leads his troupe at the satrt of the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade held on Saturday in the streets of Cape Town. Picture Ian Landsberg
Cape Town. 2.1.16. A member of the Shoprite Hanover Park Pensylvanians troupe strut his stuff during the Tweede Nuwejaar minstrel parade held on Saturday in the streets of Cape Town. Picture Ian Landsberg
The Kaapse Klopse (or simply Klopse) is a minstrel festival that takes place annually on 2 January and it is also referred to as Tweede Nuwe jaar (Second New Year), in Cape Town, South Africa.
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