We suited up, and headed to some zooty hotel, all very excited to see if the rumors of boerewors, biltong and free wine were true. The food and drinks exceeded our expectations: a buffet of samoosas, koeksisters, milt tarts, biltong, boerewors, and fine South African wine were just some of home comforts that we all took advatage of. Your hard earned tax money certainly provided a fantastic evening for us all! The evening was aimed at maintaining and promoting the relations between South Africa and Thailand and maintian they did. 
A Thai boys choir perfomed WakaWaka along with all the dance moves which moved a few of us close to tears from the sheer pride in South Africa as well as the overly enthuisastic thai boys uncordinated dance moves. The Thai boys group also incorporated gumboot dances into WakaWaka which created a united feeling throughout the chandelier lit room.
An African dance group was flown in who also sung the national anthem with an exquisite Thai opera singing group. Hearing the National Anthem and seeing every singer pronunciating their words so vehemently had us all singing our lungs out while standing next to dignified embassy members who quietly mouthed along. All of these performers were spectatular, however none came close to the KwaZulu-Natal Zulu dance group who, amazed and entertained every person in the room. Reverberating Zulu drums beat on while the dancers dressed in traditional animal skins, bearing shields, kicked and jived across the stage. The whole audience could be seen tapping their foot on the sly or even popping a shoulder along to the heartfelt drums, even the Thai ambassadors were seen grinning along until they realised they were being watched. One thing this evening made us realise is that you do not need to love your government to love you country. We all left the Freedom day celebration feeling extremely patriotic and much like lions after the kill-stuffed.
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