um país onde se encoraja que todas as comunidades alimentem e preservem o orgulho pelas suas tradições culturais, mesmo sabendo que num passado recente muitos desses hábitos trouxeram grande sofrimento as pessoas, é uma sociedade que muito provavelmente aprendeu que os erros do passado não se resolvem apagando a história... muito pelo contrario, as memórias de sofrimento devem ser preservadas para que a história jamais se repita.
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Heritage Day is one of the newly created South African public holidays. It is a day in which all are encouraged to celebrate their cultural traditions in the wider context of the great diversity of cultures, beliefs, and traditions that make up the nation of South Africa.
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A compromise was reached when it was decided to create a day where all South Africans could observe and celebrate their diverse cultural heritage.
In an address marking Heritage Day in 1996, former President Nelson Mandela stated: "When our first democratically-elected government decided to make Heritage Day one of our national days, we did so because we knew that our rich and varied cultural heritage has a profound power to help build our new nation."
