X is for Xhosa

We have limited information about your tummy mummy sweetheart but one thing we do know is that she is Xhosa & this week we celebrated Heritage Day, otherwise known as National Braai Day.  So we decided to focus on Xhosa this year.

What is Heritige Day?  Google defines it as follows:

"What does Heritage Day mean to individual South Africans? - for some a braai with family and friends, for others a chance to respect their traditions and for some who don't know their roots Its just another day as usual.

Heritage Day is one of South Africa's newly created public holidays and its significance rests in recognising aspects of South African culture which are both tangible and difficult to pin down: creative expression, our historical inheritance, language, the food we eat as well as the land in which we live.

Heritage is defined as "that which we inherit: the sum total of wild life and scenic parks, sites of scientific or historical importance, national monuments, historic buildings, works of art, literature and music, oral traditions and museum collections together with their documentation."

So of course your father & I don't know anything about being Xhosa - What would we do without Google?  A few strokes on our trusty search engine & I had a few recipes for dishes we could do on the braai & even a few pics of Xhosa face paint.  

I was worried about the food - especially about what it was going to taste like cause it sounded 'volks vreemd"! :-)  But Umngqusho rocks!  It took forever to cook but it was nice & the Oxtail was devine!  

Needless to say.. We'll be cooking some traditional Xhosa food & celebrating the heritage of your tummy mummy a little more often than once a year baby girl.  

We love you!  xx