When is The Cape Town Carnival 2022

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Cape Town Carnival

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Curate your experience at the Cape Town Carnival (Eyewitness News)

CAPE TOWN - The Cape Town Carnival is back on Saturday and continuing its collaboration with young up-and-coming creatives in which each performance, art structure, puppet, artwork, and costume celebrates our unique diversity.

The Jhoomkar Indian Dance Group, MTN Minstrels, Afton School of Dance, High Brass Band, Rainbow Academy and the Kuyakhanya Primary School will have you on your feet singing, dancing and clapping. Be wowed by the Sanscape Dancers, Stilt Walkers, the Praying Mantis Puppet and Betjies van Betjiesfontein Riel Dansers. Get ready to enjoy not only performances but also the recreation of a District Six street, a giant Madiba puppet and lead performance by 24-year-old Kuils River artist Sohail Booise.

Here's what you can get up to in Cape Town over the long weekend (CapeTalk)

This year's in-person ICA Live Art Festival, takes place in Cape Town from 19 March to 3 April 2022 at various venues in the city. The festival programme embraces several performances that reference sentient beings.

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Chinese community energizes Cape Town Carnival | News Ghana (News Ghana)

The annual Cape Town Carnival returned to the city Saturday in a new form after a two-year break due to COVID-19, while it maintained a tradition of ...

“Everyone from our artistic communities has suffered a great deal of COVID, we know that so many artists have lost their income that they are not able to perform and to earn the livelihood over these two years. “The Cape Town Carnival is a celebration of the diverse communities of South Africa and their different cultural expressions. Since 2017 the Chinese community had participated in the carnival every year, except in 2020 and 2021 when it was canceled.

Highlights of Cape Town Carnival (Xinhua)

A man performs during the Cape Town Carnival in Cape Town, South Africa, March 19, 2022. The annual Cape Town Carnival returned to the city Saturday in a ...

The annual Cape Town Carnival returned to the city Saturday in a new form after a two-year break due to COVID-19, while it maintained a tradition of including performers from the Chinese community and many other groups. The annual Cape Town Carnival returned to the city Saturday in a new form after a two-year break due to COVID-19, while it maintained a tradition of including performers from the Chinese community and many other groups. The annual Cape Town Carnival returned to the city Saturday in a new form after a two-year break due to COVID-19, while it maintained a tradition of including performers from the Chinese community and many other groups.

IN PICTURES | It's Carnival time in Cape Town (TimesLIVE)

The Cape Town Carnival is a colourful spectacle, filled with glitz and glamour and showcasing five hubs and 25 diverse shows with 600 performers.

Cape Town Minstrel Carnival, also known as the Kaapse Klopse. Alliance Youth Development during the Cape Town Minstrel Carnaval Association which was held at Faure Stadium in Paarl 120km outside Cape Town. The Cape Town Carnival is a colourful spectacle, filled with glitz and glamour and showcasing five hubs and 25 diverse shows with 600 performers. There was a hive of activity during the Cape Town Carnival, showcasing 5 hubs, 25 diverse shows with 600 performers.— Esa Alexander (@ezaap) @TimesLIVE @CTCarnival pic.twitter.com/mIvzTQHP2s March 20, 2022

Ukrainians continue to flee their homes: Sunday's news in pictures (The Courier)

A family from Ukraine walk over a railway line with their luggage after crossing a border point into Poland at Kroscienko, in the south east of the country.

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