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Cape Town, South Africa
5 customs and traditions in Cape Town — what they are, and how to take part without causing offence.
Not a barbecue but a social event, with its own etiquette and a national holiday.
Descendants of enslaved people from Southeast Asia, whose cooking and language shaped the Cape.
Stellenbosch and Franschhoek, forty minutes out, with some of the oldest estates outside Europe.
The Cape Town Minstrel Carnival on 2 January, with thousands of costumed marchers.
Southern right whales come into the bays between June and November.
