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| − | [[Geloftedag]], known as [[The Day of the Covenant]] or [[The Day of the Vow]] in English, refers to an important event in the history of the Afrikaner people of South Africa, not only celebrated with pageants and performances annually, but a core theme in numerous works written and created for stage, media and film.
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| − | [[Geloftedag]], known as [[The Day of the Covenant]] or [[The Day of the Vow]] in English, refers to an important event in the history of the Afrikaner people of South Africa, originating from a oath taken on 16 December 1838 by the Boer leaders of the Great Trek in Natal to honour God in perpetuity if He granted them vistory in the forthcoming [[Battle of Blood River]]. As a consequence of the victory, it has been celebrated as a religious public holiday in South Africa from that day onwards.
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| − | Initially called [[Dingaansdag]] ("Dingane's Day]), 16 December was made an annual public holiday in 1910, before being renamed [[Geloftedag]] (the "Day of the Vow") in 1982.
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| − | These celebrations gained a particular political significance in the country after the 1938 symbolic re-enactment of the Great Trek of 1838 and the eventual contruction and inauguration of the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria (1949).
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| − | In 1994, after the end of [[Apartheid]], the name and the intention was changed, it now being called the Day of Reconciliation, an annual holiday also on 16 December, intended to celebrate the dream of final reconciliation between all people in the country.
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| − | ==Sources==
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Vow
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_Reconciliation
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