PICS: Cape Town's annual street carnival
Colourful costumes, music and dance filled the streets of Cape Town during the city's annual carnival at the weekend.
The street parade is both a tourist attraction and a means of celebrating Cape Town and South Africa's diversity.
Following weeks of practice - actors, dancers, puppeteers and instrumentalists paraded down the Green Point Fan Walk.
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In its seventh year of running, the event was themed Street Life and it is reported about 50 000 guests enjoyed the festivities.
See images from celebrations below.
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Can we just take a moment 2 appreciate the beauty in this pic?😻 Not 2 mention that these men risk their lives daily! pic.twitter.com/dqTyKyx0Ij
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