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Afrikaans: Vooraansig van die Voortrekkermonument, Pretoria. Dit is ingelyf in 1949 en bevat 'n marmerfries van 27 panele, wat gebeure van die Groot Trek herdenk, die boereuittog uit die grensgebied van die Kaapkolonie na die binneland tussen 1835 en 1852. In die middel van die monument se grondvloer is die senotaaf, simboliese tombe van die Voortrekker-goewerneur Piet Retief en sy afvaardiging, wat in 1838 vermoor is. Die inskripsie lui: "Ons vir jou Suid-Afrika", en word jaarliks om 12 uur op 16 Desember verlig deur 'n ligstraal wat deur die koepel val. Voor die bedeling wat in 1994 ingelui is het hierdie dag as Geloftedag bekend gestaan, die herdenking van die Bloedriviergelofte, maar word tans ook gevier as Versoeningsdag. Die assegaaihekke sluit aan by 'n ringmuur in die vorm van 'n walaer met 64 waens.
English: Front view of the Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria, South Africa. It was completed in 1949 and contains a marble frieze consisting of 27 panels, commemorating events of the Great Trek in which farmers of Dutch origin emigrated from the Cape Colony to inland regions between 1835 and 1852. At the centre of the monument is the cenotaph, the symbolic tomb of the Voortrekker governor Piet Retief and his delegation, who were massacred in 1838. It bears the inscription "We for thee, South Africa", and is illuminated annually at noon, the 16th of December, by a beam of sunlight directed through an aperture in the cupola. Prior to 1994 which heralded a new dispensation, December 16th was celebrated as the "Day of the Vow", commemorating a victory over Zulu forces at the Battle of Blood River; it remains a holiday but is now called "Reconciliation Day". A circular wall with wagons reliefs, representing a Voortrekker laager, surrounds the monument.
Nederlands: Voortrekkersmonument, Pretoria, Zuid-Afrika |
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