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=The term "coon"=
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The term derives from [[raccoon]], it was used in America to refer to performers in [[black-face]] entertainments, hence also any black man.
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A more recent derivative of the term in the USA has been the term "coonery"[https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=coonery], which refers to matters such as the antics and behavior displayed by certain individuals (usually African Americans) which may embarrass the rest of the Black community or reinforce and perpetuate commonly held racial stereotypes about their own community.
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While it has other meanings, such as a racial slur for a black person as in the American usage, the term [[coon]] is most prominent in South Africa with reference to a performer in the Cape Town '''[[Coon Carnival]]''', with its early association with the [[Christy's Minstrels]] and other "[[blackface]]" performers from America who visited the country. 
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See for example definitions provided by  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coon and http://www.thefreedictionary.com/coon
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= Carnival =
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See also [[Festival]]
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== The idea of the carnivalesque ==
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== Origins and history ==
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= Carnivals in South Africa =
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= The [[Coon Carnival]] in the Cape ==
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Also known as the ''[[Cape Coon Carnival]]'' or ''The [[Cape Coons]]'' (In [[Afrikaans]]: die ''[[Kaapse Klopse]]'' or simply ''[[Klopse]]'').
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Today the use of [[Coon]] has fallen away in the name of the carnival, though [[Klopse]] has remained.
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=== Origins of the Coons or Klopse ===
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=== Coons and Coon troupes ===
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===The performance styles ===
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=== The Coon Festival as event ===
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== Student carnivals ==
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Known as '''Karnaval''' or more commonly '''Jool''' in Afrikaans
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= Links =
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Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Themes|South African Theatre Terminology and Thematic Entries]]
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Revision as of 06:32, 24 March 2019

The Cape Minstrel Carnival is the current name of the oldest carnival in South Africa.


Originally referred to as the Coon Carnival, but also known as the Cape Coon Carnival or The Cape Coons' (In Afrikaans: die Kaapse Klopse or simply die Klopse). Also called the Cape Carnival on occasion.

Today the use of the denigrating term Coons has fallen away, though Klopse, which does not have the baggage of the English term, has remained.

The origins

Originally referred to as the Coon Carnival, but 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

Sources

http://www.findtripinfo.com/south-africa/cape-town/festivals-cape-town.html#capeminstrels

The term "coon"

The term derives from raccoon, it was used in America to refer to performers in black-face entertainments, hence also any black man.

A more recent derivative of the term in the USA has been the term "coonery"[1], which refers to matters such as the antics and behavior displayed by certain individuals (usually African Americans) which may embarrass the rest of the Black community or reinforce and perpetuate commonly held racial stereotypes about their own community.

While it has other meanings, such as a racial slur for a black person as in the American usage, the term coon is most prominent in South Africa with reference to a performer in the Cape Town Coon Carnival, with its early association with the Christy's Minstrels and other "blackface" performers from America who visited the country.

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 in the name of the carnival, 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

Links

Return to South African Theatre Terminology and Thematic Entries

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page