MZANZI ISSUE 16
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Summer Fun<br />
EASTERN CAPE<br />
Nieu-Bethesda: New Year’s Eve Festival of<br />
Lights<br />
This inland town north of Graaf-Reinet, famous for its Owl<br />
House that draws visitors from around the world, each New<br />
Year’s Eve stages the Festival of Lights and lantern parade. It<br />
is a wonderful community event across cultural and religious<br />
barriers in a joyous celebration organised by the Bethesda<br />
Arts Centre.<br />
It begins with a performance in the Centres Courtyard Theatre.<br />
Port Alfred: Ndlambe Music Festival<br />
The Ndlambe Music Festival is a popular annual New Year’s<br />
Eve event that takes place in Port Alfred.<br />
Port Elizabeth: Shark Rock Pier<br />
The beachfront area is where it’s all happening – Humewood,<br />
Summerstrand, Hobie Beach and especially the area around<br />
Shark Rock Pier opposite the Boardwalk casino complex. Usually<br />
a fireworks display is part of the fun.<br />
East London: Beachfront<br />
While no information was available about any formally planned<br />
celebratory gatherings for 31 December, crowds of differing<br />
sizes are normally drawn to the city’s many beach areas: the<br />
area around Orient Beach, the Esplanade, Quigney Beach and<br />
Beacon Bay, as well as further out of the city at Nahoon Beach<br />
and Nahoon River mouth.<br />
Wild Coast: Coffee Bay NYE Party<br />
Tranquillity usually marks the green hills of the Transkei and<br />
the pristine coastline of the Wild Coast. But for one day of the<br />
year on New Year’s Eve the annual New Year’s Bash at the<br />
Sugarloaf Backpackers Lodge brings the entire area around<br />
Coffee Bay alive.<br />
iStock-Leonard D S Hugo<br />
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