September marks the annual heritage month in South Africa. The Heritage Month recognizes the aspects of South African culture, which is both tangible and intangible. On this day, South Africans across the spectrum come together to celebrate different cultural traditions and practices while sharing their creative expressions in different art forms such as music, regalia, language and food. 

 

CUT students celebrated their 16th annual cultural festival on 09 September 2016. Cultural groups exhibited their diversity at the same time, teaching, sharing, learning, and embracing each other’s cultures. The main purpose of the colourful event is to cultivate the spirit of social cohesion, promote dignity and mutual respect, enhance relations, and reject stereotypes, which will in turn, strengthen a harmonious teaching and learning environment for all. Cultural displays of the day included Batswana, Ama-Zulu, Ama-Xhosa, VhaVenda, MaTsonga, Basotho and the Chinese who all came in their traditional attires and enjoyed activities such as poetry, traditional music, dance food and umqombothi (traditional beer). This event proved that at CUT, we do not only celebrate South African cultures, but we embrace cultures from other countries as well.

Images 

1: The BaTswana dancers doing the pharatlhatlhe dance. 

2: Chinese Martial Art moves 

3: Chinese Folk Dancers   Updated: 16 September 2016