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Story: A review on the parade
Title
A review on the parade
Collection
Summary
|han≠kass'o describes a military parade (at the Grand Parade in Cape Town). The soldiers (British) are standing in rows. He describes their manoeuvres ('they stood still, stood in rows') as well as the movements of a dog which eventually left the parade and returned home.
Comments
1) p.8484v: the train which 'does not give time', 2) According to Lewis-Williams (2000): 127, the parade was observed by the contributor on the occasion of the return of Sir Bartle Frere (the then-governor of the Cape Colony) to Cape Town, 3) This story is found in Book VIII-28
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
7 – 8 June 1879
Categories
History (personal), Relations with others
Keywords
|han≠kass'o (observes and describes a military parade) , |han≠kass'o (his personal history) , |han≠kass'o (his review of the parade) , parade (at the Cape Town parade-ground) , parade (and cannons) , parade (and the 'great white man') , parade (in which 'they stood still, stood in rows') , parade (military) , parade (of British soldiers) , parade (|han≠kass'o's review of) , parade (and the people who were red) , parade (and the people with white caps) , parade (and the people who played) , parade (and the people who were black) , parade (the composition of the civilian crowd) , infantry (and a review of the parade) , infantry (the people who were red) , cavalry (and a review of the parade) , cavalry (the people who were riding) , dog (at the parade) , dog (and a review of the parade) , cavalry (volunteer) , cavalry (and a review of the parade) , cavalry (the people with white caps who were riding) , band (military) , band (the people who played) , band (and a review of the parade) , white men (and a review of the military parade) , white men (the 'great white man') , white men (the British soldiers) , train ('For the train does not give time') , train (and a review of the parade) , personal history (|han≠kass'o's review of a parade) , military (a review of a parade) , military (band)
Story Pages
8474-8485
