Heritage Day (South Africa)
Heritage Day, 24 September, is a public holiday on which South Africans across the spectrum are encouraged to celebrate their cultural heritage and the diversity of their beliefs and traditions, in the wider context of a nation that belongs to all its people.
Read more about Heritage Day (South Africa): Background, Celebration of Heritage Day
Famous quotes containing the words heritage and/or day:
“The heritage of the American Revolution is forgotten, and the American government, for better and for worse, has entered into the heritage of Europe as though it were its patrimony—unaware, alas, of the fact that Europe’s declining power was preceded and accompanied by political bankruptcy, the bankruptcy of the nation-state and its concept of sovereignty.”
—Hannah Arendt (1906–1975)
“Make your plans for the year in the spring, and your plans for the day early in the morning.”
—Chinese proverb.