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    Heritage Day is a public holiday in South Africa celebrated on September 24th. It was established in 1995 to recognize and celebrate the diverse cultural heritage and traditions of South Africa's various peoples. On this day, South Africans commemorate their cultural heritage through various events around the country. Some controversy exists as some want to rename the holiday "National Braai Day" to focus on the tradition of outdoor barbecues, though others argue this diminishes the original purpose of recognizing cultural diversity. The holiday aims to unite South Africans of all backgrounds in celebrating the nation's multicultural identity.

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    Heritage Day is a public holiday in South Africa celebrated on September 24th. It was established in 1995 to recognize and celebrate the diverse cultural heritage and traditions of South Africa's various peoples. On this day, South Africans commemorate their cultural heritage through various events around the country. Some controversy exists as some want to rename the holiday "National Braai Day" to focus on the tradition of outdoor barbecues, though others argue this diminishes the original purpose of recognizing cultural diversity. The holiday aims to unite South Africans of all backgrounds in celebrating the nation's multicultural identity.

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    Heritage Day is a public holiday in South Africa celebrated on September 24th. It was established in 1995 to recognize and celebrate the diverse cultural heritage and traditions of South Africa's various peoples. On this day, South Africans commemorate their cultural heritage through various events around the country. Some controversy exists as some want to rename the holiday "National Braai Day" to focus on the tradition of outdoor barbecues, though others argue this diminishes the original purpose of recognizing cultural diversity. The holiday aims to unite South Africans of all backgrounds in celebrating the nation's multicultural identity.

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    Heritage Day is a South African public holiday celebrated on 24 September to remember and celebrate the various South African cultures and their heritage.

    Heritage Day is celebrated in South Africa on 24 September. It was originally known as Shaka Day in KwaZulu-Natal, commemorating the death of King Shaka in 1828, but was later renamed Heritage Day and made a national public holiday.

    South Africans celebrate Heritage Day by remembering the cultural heritage of the many cultures that make up South Africa's population through various events around the country.

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    Heritage Day/kamo day
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    Heritage Day is a day to remember and celebrate the various South African cultures and their
    heritage.
    Observed by South Africans
    Date 24 September
    First time 24 September 1995
    Heritage Day (Afrikaans: Erfenisdag, Zulu: Usuku Lwamagugu, Usuku Lwamasiko) is a South
    African public holiday celebrated on 24 September. On this day, South Africans are encouraged
    to celebrate their culture and the diversity of their beliefs and traditions, in the wider context of a
    nation that belongs to all its people.

    Contents
    1 History
    2 Celebration
    3 References
    4 External links
    History
    In KwaZulu-Natal, 24 September was known as Shaka Day, in commemoration of Shaka, the
    Zulu king, on the presumed date of his death in 1828.[1][2] Shaka played an important role in
    uniting the disparate Zulu clans into a cohesive nation.[3] Each year people gather at the Shaka
    Memorial to honour him on this day.[2] The Public Holidays Bill presented to the post-Apartheid
    Parliament of South Africa in 1996 did not include 24 September on the list of proposed public
    holidays. As a result of this exclusion, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), a South African political
    party with a large Zulu membership, objected to the bill. Parliament and the ANC reached a
    compromise and the day was given its present title and accepted as a public holiday:[1]
    ...when South Africans celebrate the diverse cultural heritage that makes up a "rainbow nation".
    It is the day to celebrate the contribution of all South Africans to the building of South
    Africa(sic)

    — Lowry 21:1995[4]
    Celebration
    South Africans celebrate the day by remembering the cultural heritage of the many cultures that
    make up the population of South Africa. Various events are staged throughout the country to
    commemorate this.[5]

    Former Western Cape Provincial Premier Ebrahim Rasool addressed the public at a Heritage
    Day celebration at the Gugulethu Heritage trail in 2007 in Gugulethu.[6] In Hout Bay, there is an
    army procession and a recreation of the battle fought there.[citation needed]

    In 2007, Jan Scannell (known as "Jan Braai") started a media campaign proposing that the
    holiday be renamed as National Braai Day, in commemoration of the culinary tradition of
    informal backyard barbecues, known as braais.[7][8] On 5 September 2007, Archbishop
    Desmond Tutu celebrated his appointment as patron of South Africa's Braai Day,[9] affirming it
    to be a unifying force in a divided country (by donning an apron and tucking into a boerewors
    sausage).[10] In 2008, the initiative received the endorsement of South Africa's National
    Heritage Council.[5] Scannell said that the aim is to hold small events with friends and family,
    and not to have a mass braai.[10] To Mofele writing for News24 and Herman Wasserman
    writing for Africa Is a Country have criticised National Braai Day for making people forget the
    history and the original meaning of why the day was created.[7][11]

    References
    Jethro, Duane (2020). Heritage Formation and the Senses in Post-Apartheid South Africa:
    Aesthetics of Power. Routledge. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-00-018536-2.
    Erasmus, B. P. J. (2014). On Route in South Africa: Explore South Africa region by region.
    Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-920289-80-5.
    Reed, Charles V. (2015). "Shaka". In Danver, Steven L. (ed.). Native Peoples of the World: An
    Encylopedia of Groups, Cultures and Contemporary Issues: An Encylopedia of Groups, Cultures
    and Contemporary Issues. Routledge. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-317-46400-6.
    Lowry, Stephen (1995). Know Your National Holidays: A Guide to South Africa's New
    National Holidays. Swaziland: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-7978-0558-3.
    "Heritage day, Braai Day or Shaka Day: Whose Heritage is it Anyway?". South African History
    Online. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
    "E Rasool: Western Cape Education Heritage Day celebrations during Heritage Month".
    www.gov.za. South African Government. 18 September 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
    Molefe, To (17 September 2014). "'National Braai Day' a day of forgetting". News24. Retrieved
    22 September 2020.
    Jethro 2020, pp. 147–148.
    Botha, Clinton (24 September 2017). "About Heritage Day". Randfontein Herald. Retrieved 22
    September 2020.
    "Tutu praises 'unifying' barbecues". BBC News. 6 September 2007. Retrieved 22 September
    2020.
    Wasserman, Herman (25 September 2013). "Some of my best friends are braaiers". Africa Is a
    Country. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

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