Volkspelers wait to perform traditional dances on the Day of the Covenant, Aasvoëlkop, Johannesburg, Transvaal (Gauteng), 16 December, 1965.
Volkspelers wait to perform traditional dances on the Day of the Covenant, in celebration of the Boers' victory over the Zulus in the Battle of Blood River in 1838, when the Boers promised God that if He gave them victory, they would forever honour the day. Still celebrated as a public holiday, 16 December is now known as Day of Reconciliation.
Aasvoëlkop, Johannesburg, Transvaal (Gauteng), 16 December, 1965.
printed 2006
silver gelatin print on fibre paper
22 x 41cm
silver gelatin print on fibre paper
22 x 41cm
© 2006 Michael Stevenson. All rights reserved.