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SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 2010 With its vuvuzela horn in full song,
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Fans parade with the flags of various nations and play vuvuzela horns at Soccer City Stadium in Soweto, the venue of the opening match and final match of the World Cup. world cup from A1
gued against efforts “to Euro- peanize an African World Cup,” the vuvuzela will be at full song for Friday’s 2010 World Cup opener between South Africa and Mexico, as if to declare that there’s not only one way to cel- ebrate soccer, just as there’s not only one way to play it. It will be a grand moment for South Africa, the first African na- tion to host the world’s biggest sporting event. With the honor comes the opportunity to show- case South Africa’s natural beau- ty, rich cultural heritage and emerging democracy before an international TV audience of 30 billion. As host, South Africa has set a dazzling table, with 10 soccer
“It is freedom! Independence!” — Saddam Maake, who says he invented the first vuvuzela horn in 1965
venues in nine cities. The jewel among them is Soccer City, a 94,700-seat, earth-toned stadium designed to resemble the cala- bash, a traditional South African cooking pot. It’s not the only national sym-
bol to figure prominently in the tournament.
Schoolchildren throughout the country are doing the Diski dance (“diski” means “football” in township slang), with steps based on soccer moves and per- formed to South African rhythms.
And no Bafana Bafana fan’s
World Cup outfit will be com- plete without a makarapa — a modified miner’s helmet that was initially created to protect the wearer’s head from flying bottles but has since evolved into a wildly inventive headdress that proclaims love of the game and loyalty to team.
But no symbol will have quite the impact of the vuvuzela. Says Jed Drake, executive pro- ducer of ESPN’s comprehensive World Cup coverage: “It’s going to be an interesting challenge to
GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VIA GETTY IMAGES world cup continued on A15 A fan plays the vuvuzela as hundreds line up in Khayelitsha to see the World Cup trophy.
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