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Embrace our Heritage!

Embrace our Heritage!

South Africans celebrate Heritage Day by remembering the cultural heritage of the many cultures that make up the population of South Africa. Various events are staged throughout the country to commemorate this day and month. Heritage Day is one of the newly created South African public holidays. It is a day in which all are encouraged to celebrate their cultural traditions in the wider context of the great diversity of cultures, beliefs, and traditions that make up the nation of South Africa. Heritage not only refers to our historical inheritance, creative expression and food, but it also embraces the various languages that have become entrenched in our cultural milieu.

Durban University of Technology students and alumni are proud to celebrate their heritage and voiced their opinion on what their heritage day means to them.

Nkosazana Dambuza, second year Journalism student.
“Celebrating Heritage day for me, personally, it means I need to dig back to what my roots are. I found out who I am and I pride myself on being a mixed Zulu and Xhosa girl. I also try not to fall under stereotypes and value my individuality. Heritage day and the month itself means that it is a time that young South Africans take pride in themselves as we often are influenced by the Western world influences. We need to look back and learn from our past ancestors.

Nkosazana Dambuza

 

Chad Coullie, second-year Video Technology student.
“Heritage day for me is when we come all together as a country and we display our culture like having a braai with family and friends. It a day where we have to come together as a rainbow nation and have enjoyed what we have achieved as a country.”

Chad Coullie

 

Lindo Mchunu, Graphic design student.
“It is important to acknowledge your heritage and it should not be designated to one day or month. Heritage should be celebrated every day.”

Lindo  Mchunu

 

Fiona Pillay, Btech student and staff.
“I’ve been called ‘international’ and ‘cosmopolitan’ because I love embracing the rich, heritage Durban provides for fashion lovers.  Personally, I feel more South African than the race by which I’m defined. As a Christian, the term ‘heritage’ has a different meaning to me, because I believe that we all share the same progenitor.
I look around me daily and smile because with the introduction of weaves, women look generic so you have to look very closely to determine race.  I love being South African and I’m #proudofmyheritage.”

fiona pillay pic

 

Zayn Nabbi, DUT alumni and CNN international sports producer.
Even though I live in London away from my country, I still have a sense of pride of who I am. Heritage day, even though we don’t celebrate as a national holiday in the UK, allows my friends and I to get together to celebrate what makes us unique, the spirit of reconciliation and also for a good excuse to have a braai because we never get to do that much. September in London is a bit cold, but the fact that we can celebrate a country that has made great strides and that has got to still make a lot of progress in many areas means a lot as we get to celebrate diversity.”

Zayn Nabbi

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