October 4 - Blessing of the Fishing Fleet in South Africa (Maybe!?)



Posted October 4, 2020


Once again, the annual event held in Cape Town's V&A Waterfront - the Blessing of the Fishing Fleet - may not occur this year. You know why: pandemic.

But maybe it will happen as usual? 



What's certain is that "usual" means a Catholic service (Holy Mass), a procession along the waterfront, a motorcycle parade, blessing given to the fishing fleet, and then PARTY!



The Portuguese Cultural and Welfare Society runs a fundraiser, with traditional foods sold and live entertainment offered for the entry fee / donation. In a place like Cape Town, there are lots of cultural traditions, including San, Dutch, Tsonga, Cape Malay, Xhosa, French Huguenots, Zulu, British, etc. But I assume that in this case, the traditional foods are Portuguese!

Also on this date:







International African Diaspora Day
(First Sunday in October)





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