{"id":44289,"date":"2024-11-12T14:38:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T12:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/celebrating-85-years-of-cape-malay-choral-traditions-in-cape-town-20241112\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T23:07:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:07:36","slug":"celebrating-85-years-of-cape-malay-choral-traditions-in-cape-town-20241112","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/celebrating-85-years-of-cape-malay-choral-traditions-in-cape-town-20241112\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 85 years of Cape Malay choral traditions in Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Cape Malay Choir Board, celebrating 85 years of cultural preservation, kicked off its annual choral competition in Cape Town this past weekend. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thirteen choirs competed, with the finals set for November 16 and 17 at the CTICC and a grand finale on November 30. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Board President Zieyaad Hattas emphasized the importance of the tradition in preserving the Afrikaans language and Cape Malay heritage for future generations.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Keeping the Cape Malay culture alive. That has been the vision of the Cape Malay Choir Board for the past eight decades. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It celebrates its 85th anniversary this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This past weekend marked the start of the annual choral choir competition, which was held at the City Hall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirteen choirs battled it out, with the finals set to take place on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 November at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday 30 November will see the grand finale at the Athlone Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ALSO READ |&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/camaraderie-the-key-to-success-20200309\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Camaraderie the key to success<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zieyaad Hattas, president of the board, said that just as 85 years ago its focus was to preserve the Afrikaans language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the first Malay troupe that paraded in the streets of Cape Town 136 years ago was the Star Independence Malay Club. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfrikaans as a language is dying out in our homes. But because all our items are sung only in Afrikaans our children still have some Afrikaans in them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained the late University of Cape Town professor ID du Plessis started the board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was started to uphold the Afrikaans language. We are now back to where it all started 85 years ago. We have a passion for upholding the Malay traditions around Cape Town. We are getting youth more involved so that we can ensure another 100 years of history of the Malay Choir.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 43-year-old Hattas is the youngest president to serve on the board and follows in the footsteps of his grandfather who served as the president in the late 1970s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-malay-choirs-and-kaapse-klopse\">Malay choirs and kaapse klopse<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Hattas explained that people often compared the Malay choirs and Kaapse Klopse to the same sport. But he said there are obvious differences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Malay choirs wear red fezzes (hats) as a symbol of respect and Malay history. We don\u2019t paint our faces and the uniform is different; we wear a suit and tie. We also sing the unique item, which is the Nederlandse Lied known as Liedjies (Rosa).\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the Covid-19 pandemic put a damper on the choirs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before Covid-19 the board consisted of 30 choirs, but the numbers dropped to only 10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, there were only seven choirs. \u201cI said we needed to do something about this. We became more active on social media and that assisted us. 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