Mesembs and restios near Melkbosstrand

Showtime is exhilarating in every society! Everybody loves the carnival season. There is hard work to be done with sustained fortitude in the off-season to reach the prize-giving festivities. Growth, even survival in the sand during the rest of the year is no joke.

Incidentally, carnival comes from carne meaning meat in Latin and vale meaning farewell. The festivities entailed a farewell to the flesh or forgetting and enjoying.