Coon Carnival

=The term "coon"=

While it has other meanings, it is most prominent in South Africa are its suse (a) as a racial slur for a black person, borrowed from American usage and (b) its specific use for a performer in the Cape Coon Carnival, with its early association with the Christy's Minstrels and other "blackface" performers from America.

See for example definitions provided by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coon and http://www.thefreedictionary.com/coon

= Carnival = See also Festival

Origins and history
= Carnivals in South Africa =

The Coon Carnival in the Cape
Also known as the Cape Coon Carnival or The Cape Coons (In Afrikaans: die Kaapse Klopse or simply Klopse).

Today the use of Coon has fallen away, though Klopse has remained.

Student carnivals
Known as Karnaval or more commonly Jool in Afrikaans

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