Cape culture and heritage was the name of the game on Saturday when the District Six Reunion of Hearts took place in Salt River.
Hundreds of former District Six residents showed up at the reunion, dressed to the nines in their 60s, 70s and 80s gaps, to see people some haven’t seen in three decades.
The fun started early at 11am with people showing off their singing skills in a karaoke session until late.
Mense were treated to a kwaai performance by a Hollandse team and were taken down memory lane with the same games they played as children in District Six.
Even the young kids joined in for Kennetjie, Dams, Drie Stokkies, Cards, Dominoes, Ludo, Ding Bat, Snakes and Ladders and more.
The children who accompanied their excited parents were amazed by the homemade waentjies, complete with a wooden Bashews cooldrink kissies and yster wieletjies.
There was also old-fashioned clothing and other memorabilia on display, dating back to the sixties.
One of the organisers, Mardia Vondoorze Hendricks, 58, says this was the perfect opportunity to meet up with old friends.
“This is purely a reunion of hearts, people met again after more than 30 years,” said a nostalgic Mardia.
“We can’t even tell how many people attended because people come and go during the day.”
Mardia says to make it extra special and truly a journey back in time, they asked everyone to turn off their cellphones and tablets, albeit just for an hour, and just enjoy each other’s company “like back in the day”.
“That made it amazing, taking us back to a time cellphones weren’t around.”
The atmosphere was electrifying as young and old danced and sang together in a safe and care-free environment at the Blackpool Hall in Salt River.