Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees

(“Little Karoo National Arts Festival”) Colloquially referred to as the Oudtshoorn Fees (“Oudtshoorn festival”) because it takes place in that town, or simply by its acronym - the KKNK. *** It was founded by a group of concerned Afrikaans-speaking civic leaders, including playwright Pieter Fourie, film director Jans Rautenbach, ** and ** in 1994, with the express purpose of promoting the Afrikaans language and its associated cultural achievements in the face of the triple threat of potential Americanisation, Anglicisation and Africanisation in the new South African dispensation. Supported by Naspers, the festival grew quickly from ** shows in 1994 to ** in 2002, by which time it was considered the largest festival in the country. **

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