PINK LOERIE MARDI GRAS 2010 - Knysna
“I am…”
10th Birthday celebration!
It is that time of the year again! The first and only Mardi Gras on the African Continent, the Pink Loerie! Yes boys, boys and wannabe boys, lipstick lesbians and all of you not afraid of homosexuals – time to let your hair down again, time to party, time to celebrate your sexuality, your sexual freedom, your culture, your constitutional right – your life! |
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For the first time ever: PINK Soccer Challenge |
This year will see the first ever PINK soccer challenge in Knysna during the annual Pink Loerie Mardi Gras!
Eight teams from around SA will compete for the BIG trophy – and what a trophy it will be – like no other in the world – will be more desirable than tiaras! And fake fur! And in some cases false eye lashes! or own teeth!
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Pink Loerie in a Nutshell |
The annual Pink Loerie Mardi Gras will transform the town again from 27 April to 2 May 2010. The first Mardi Gras that was held in May 2001 was a great success and since then it has grown every year to be more popular with huge support from the gay and lesbian community. Originated by Knysna local, Juan Lerm, it is Africa's biggest, boldest and most colourful Gay carnival.
The Mardi Gras is a celebration of freedom and the diversity of the gay culture and offers six days of non stop entertainment for anyone, no matter their sexual orientation, who enjoys a party.
Fabulously flamboyant and totally outrageous, this is the party of the year!
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The Pink Loerie Mardi Gras was an idea born in Knysna, by Knysnarians, to promote Knysna as a destination and to stimulate the town’s economy in May, a month also referred to as ‘the suicide month’. And the instigators - a Pink Gin, Johan Myburg and Juan!
Their first thought was to organize a colossal mussel party to complement a similar celebration in town focused on oysters and their target market was the gay market. Their decision to call the proposed two-day event "Gay! May!" met with some resistance and so they returned to the drawing board, extended the duration and scope of the event - and scoured the local forests for inspiration, the gin now being depleted. A glimpse of a Knysna Loerie (a revered and exquisitely beautiful local bird) spawned a notion, and the carnivalesque Pink Loerie was born - complete with feather boa, false eyelashes, glitter lipstick, and an unadulterated sense of fun. |
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Find the N2, which basically stretches between Cape Town (495 km west of Knysna) and Port Elizabeth (300 km east of Knysna) and drive through one of the most scenic parts of South Africa. For those of you from abroad: the N2 is in perfect condition, the maximum speed limit is 120 km, and we drive on the left hand side here in South Africa.
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