WESTERN CAPE NEWS - The Western Cape MEC of Cultural Affairs and Sport, Minister Anroux Marais launched the Human Remains Reburial Programme, albeit closed to the public scrutiny of the media.
The programme sees a series of reburials of human remains that are still housed in museums.
The remains are handed over to community representatives to be reburied with dignity. The department has facilitated the involvement of interested community groups.
Minister Marais said: “Beginning on Thursday, 28 June indigenous groups will lead a period of fasting and vigils at the Bartolomeu Dias, George and Great Brak museums.
"On 12 July, a solemn reburial will take place at the grave site of the Khoi leader, Kaptein Dikkop, in Pacaltsdorp (formerly known as Hoogekraal). It is important to note the significance of 12 July on the indigenous calendar as it is the birth of a new moon, signifying the end of old cycles and the beginning of new.”
To respect the sacred practice, the event will be closed to the media.
There will then be an inheemse feesviering (indigenous festival) at Die Drif in Blanco as the site was once used as a baptism site by slaves.
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