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alexander stefanatos

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BoKaap

South Africa
Cape Town
The BoKaap quarter
The BoKaap quarter it's an area of Cape Town known as center of Malay culture and for its brightly colored houses and romantic coble stone streets,
Practically its an area where, especially after the abolition of apartheid, a significant portion of "low class" population that previously lived in precarious conditions in the so called "tin cities" at the periphery of Cape Town, moved seeking not only a better residence but also a sort of social upgrade through a decent community identity. As proof of that they decided to give a distinctive character to their houses painting and decorating them with intense colours.
Recently wealthy outsiders also started moving into the suburb due to the main city expansion in order to settle permanently there.
In the photo a section of that suburb and far behind the top of the Table Mountain,landmark of Cape Town,always covered in clouds...

Comentarios 6

Agelos Kardamilas 30/10/2014 22:43
!!!!!!!!!!
Pandos sto fotocommunity tha prepei na sou dosoun ki ena epidoma mathimaton istorias
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SINA 28/10/2014 12:22
Schön die Farben dieser Häuser dieser lange bestehenden Ansiedlung Alex
herzlich Sina
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Harold Thompson 28/10/2014 9:03
Good colour and as ever been taken over
:-)) Harold
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Sue Thompson 28/10/2014 8:36
A good way to brighten up life, and now even the rich are , as we say, jumping on the band-wagon.
The colours are great set against the dark heights of Table Mountain.

:))
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Edgar B. 28/10/2014 7:28
awesome colours.
Best Regards
@gar
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catherine Berthe 27/10/2014 18:59
superbe découverte de ces maison hautes en couleurs!!!!!!!!!!!! amitiés catherine
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