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=The term "coon"=
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#REDIRECT[[Cape Minstrel Carnival]]
 
 
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]]
 
 
 
== The idea of the carnivalesque ==
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== 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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
=== Origins of the Coons or Klopse ===
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
=== Coons and Coon troupes ===
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===The performance styles ===
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
=== The Coon Festival as event ===
 
 
 
== Student carnivals ==
 
 
 
Known as '''Karnaval''' or more commonly '''Jool''' in Afrikaans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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