Lining cobbled streets with every coloured home imaginable, the Bo-Kaap is a neighbourhood located on the outskirts of Cape Town’s City Centre, dating back to the 1760’s. While it is known for its colourful houses, historians have yet to establish how this originated. Many legends circulate the area, the most plausible theory is that they were originally painted to celebrate the end of Ramadan.

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