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Afrikaners Mark Pilgrimage Day, Resonating with Their U.S. Backers
About 37,000 Afrikaners gathered at the Voortrekker Monument to mark the Day of the Vow, linked to cultural identity and supported by the Trump administration.
- On Tuesday, thousands of Afrikaners gathered at the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, with an announcer saying about 37,000 attended and many wore period dress recalling pioneer ancestors.
- The observance stems from the 1838 Battle of Blood River and a founding vow, commemorating a settler victory tied to the Great Trek and renamed Day of Reconciliation in 1995.
- Some attendees traveled hours to attend, with Brits saying he drove two hours from Sasolburg, and Reid describing his first pilgrimage to 'enjoy this important day.'
- Washington blocked South Africa from G20 technical talks Monday and Tuesday, reflecting diplomatic tension, while Vice President JD Vance had planned to visit the monument last month before President Donald Trump boycotted, saying Afrikaners were "being killed and massacred".
- Placed in context, academics see the celebration as part of a longer transnational pattern, with Laura Mitchell linking the Great Trek's ethos to Manifest Destiny and Joel Cabrita noting, `Today it's South Africa, but 50 years ago Rhodesia was the kind of cause celebre`.
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Afrikaners mark pilgrimage day, resonating with their U.S. backers
Thousands of Afrikaners, descendants of the first European settlers in South Africa, celebrated on Tuesday the “Day of the Vow” -- a founding myth with values shared by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, which has offered the group protection.
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Afrikaners mark pilgrimage day, resonating with their US backers
Thousands of Afrikaners, descendants of the first European settlers in South Africa, celebrated on Tuesday the "Day of the Vow" -- a founding myth with values shared by US President Donald Trump's administration, which has offered the group protection.
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