Naming and Claiming of Space is doing an alternative history tour of Cape Town on Friday, 19th February. The route/plan is as follows:
11am-11.20am
1. Deer Park (area of natural beauty, from where a river once flowed down into the sea) – introduction to the tour and the collecting of small stones that travelers will take with them, on a journey that initially follows the path of the sweet river.
c. 11.50am-12.05pm
2. Archives on Roeland Street – short ritual followed by the drinking of Buchu Water
c. 12.20pm-12.40pm
3. The Darling Street/Buitenkant Street corner of the castle – short ritual followed by a presentation about traditional healing
c. 12.55pm-1.15pm
4. The KHOI SAN TAKE-AWAYS AND SIT-IN – A concert of traditional Khoe music, a rest and some light refreshments
c. 1.35pm-2pm
5. The Strand Street Medicinal Garden – opposite the quarry – A short ritual followed by the planting of herbs and a short demonstration from a Khoe herbalist
c. 2.10pm-2.30pm
6. ‘Gallows Hill’ on Somerset Road (a former site of execution and torture) – A short ritual followed by the closing address
The tour ends here! A taxi will be provided for those who have parked at Deer Park, but are unable to walk the whole way back.
For those wishing to join the tour at a later date or catch a small part of the route, the best bet is to meet at the take-away at c. 1pm (hopefully a tiny bit earlier but these rastas do like to talk). Some people may leave us here too.
