Tens of thousands attend Cape Town Minstrel Carnival to mark New Year
CAPE TOWN, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of people gathered in Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa, on Monday for the annual Cape Town Minstrel Carnival, a key part of the city's New Year celebrations.
The carnival, officially known as the Cape Town Street Parade, is widely regarded as Africa's largest cultural festival. Its origins date back to the colonial era, when enslaved people were g