#belovedcountry

[prayagraj]

Large #Chinese camp in #Galwan Valley, 1.5 km into Indian side of the Line of Actual Control (#LAC), shown as the red line. There is no #Indian camp in the Galwan Valley, after #India agreed on June 6 to de-militarise the valley to where the Galwan joins the Shyok #BelovedCountry https://www.instagram.com/p/CB17IwxA59Z/?igshid=vzm5b964z8b8

[rintikkecil]

Freedom means you can think and deliver what you think without any restraints or even pressures. You can control yourself as wise as possible without any other interventions.

ps: Happy Independence day my beloved country, Indonesia. You’re rich of natural resources, cultures, traditions as well. I hope there’re so many people that also rich: rich of heart. I hope there’re a lot of open minded people who lives and have such willing to let you grow and prosperous. ❤

#freedom #meaning #happyindependenceday #belovedcountry #Indonesia #proudtobeindonesian #reader #learner #dreamer #bismillah #grow #wiser

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The King of Africa, surveys his land

[menagerie-and-mettle]

Our deep respect for the land and its harvest is the legacy of generations of farmers who put food on our tables, preserved our landscape, and inspired us with a powerful work ethic. James H. Douglas, Jr. . . At heart I am always a farmer. At the moment in South Africa, with the threat of farm attacks, I wonder how many homes will be abandoned for the 'safety in numbers' of the city.

[thatzie15]

#belovedcountry 🇵🇭

[yavaglobal]

My absolute favourite Auntie is celebrating her #60th today!!! A couple of months ago she changed her 'headgear' and is looking sharper and sweeter than ever. We're all looking forward to a brighter, more progressive future. Afe hyia pa oooohhhhh! All pics by acclaimed #photographer, Emmanuel Bobbies - @bobpixel, can be viewed in his 60 on 60th album on Facebook https://m.facebook.com/emmanuel.bobbie/albums/10154273674981767/?ref=bookmarks #Ghana #Flag #Ghanaat60 #Gh60 #LoveGhana #BelovedCountry #Independence #FreedomandJustice #photography #Art #Africa #Pride #NYROYAVAGlobal #Marketing #Love #Passion

[theoriginal-maijean]

Cressida town... local story is the chief does not want taxis on his land so he bought Cressida cars to take his people to their homes from the taxi rank in town. #thisisafrica #belovedcountry

[tarichards2]

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Stop and think about how #free we are in this #belovedcountry of ours....I like my #brothers and #sisters volunteered to defend and protect our rights and privileges....we all have the #righttoprotest but there's a time and place....let's #honor those who made and make sacrifices for us..... #nuffsaid because #freedomisntfree

[performamagazine]

South African artist Ahti-Patra Ruga creates an original piece “Over the Rainbow” at the Performa Gala, Nov 2nd http://nyti.ms/2fz6qDT

[loki-of-war]

We must make a change. make it count 

[ofmyskin]

The books I'm currently reading, are next up, or hang around to be read in parts. #bibliophile #grimm #paton #belovedcountry #woolf #aroomofonesown #subliminal #lifeofpi #fahrenheit451 #bradbury #murder #agathachristie #fiction #nonfiction #fairytales

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Beautiful people of South Africa

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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on 3 January 1892 in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State (now Free State Provincein South Africa)

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Bunny Ciao

[southafrica-rainbownation]

16 December [Day of Reconciliation]

In apartheid South Africa 16 December was known as Day of the Vow, as the Voortrekkers in preparation for the battle on 16 December against the Zulus took a Vow before God that they would build a church and that they and their descendants would observe the day as a day of thanksgiving should they be granted victory. With the advent of democracy in South Africa 16 December retained its status as a public holiday, however, this time with the purpose of fostering reconciliation and national unity.

During the earlier part of the 19th century, many Afrikaner farmers left the eastern cape and moved inland. Among them was the Voortrekkers, a group of Afrikaners protesting British colonialism and seeking independent republics on what was reputedly empty land. But the land was not empty and clashes between these Afrikaners and indigenous peoples were inevitable.

Late in 1837 one of the Voortrekker leaders, Piet Retief, entered into negotiations for land with Dingane, the Zulu king. In terms of the negotiations Dingane promised the Voortrekkers land on condition they returned cattle to him stolen by Sekonyela (the Tlokwa chief). This Retief did and apparently he and Dingane signed a treaty on 6 February 1838. During the ceremony Dingane had Retief and his entourage murdered - an event which was witnessed by Francis Owen, a missionary who described the scene in his diary.

In ensuing battles between Zulus and Voortrekkers over the next few months numerous lives were lost on both sides.

On 16 December 1838 about 10 000 troops under the command of Dambuza (Nzobo) and Nhlela attacked the Voortrekkers, but the 470 Voortrekkers, with the advantage of gun powder, warded them off. Only three Voortrekkers were wounded, but more than 3 000 Zulus were killed during the battle.

The second historical event that took place on 16 December was in 1961, when Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC), was formed.

Prior to its formation, the ANC had largely approached the fight against apartheid through passive resistance, but after the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960, where peaceful protestors were indiscriminately shot by police, passive resistance was no longer seen as an effective approach in bringing apartheid to an end.

MK mostly performed acts of sabotage, but its effectiveness was hampered by organizational problems and the arrest of its leaders in 1963. Despite this, its formation was commemorated every year since 1961.

With the advent of democracy in South Africa 16 December retained its status as a public holiday. South Africa's first non-racial and democratic government was tasked with promoting reconciliation and national unity. One way in which it aimed to do this symbolically was to acknowledge the significance of the 16 December in both the Afrikaner and Liberation struggle traditions and to rename this day as the Day of Reconciliation.

On 16 December 1995, the Day of Reconciliation was celebrated as a public holiday in South Africa for the first time.

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Bokaap