Game on for Heritage Day
Traditional sports celebrated at Nelson Mandela Bay school’s family fun event
Heritage Day celebrations in Nelson Mandela Bay schools are typically symbolised by attire and staple foods that represent SA’s cultural diversity but Stedin College is taking it a step further, celebrating indigenous games that formed an integral part of many childhoods.
For one day, the school will do away with digital mobile games, coding and YouTube, and take things all the way back to the days of hopscotch, umshinxi, red robot, upuca (klip klippie), udwadla (a kind of tag) and block tot (a sort of piggy in the middle)...
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