Halloween celebrations a frightful delight in Sunninghill community

From Star Wars to Eleven from the hit TV show Stranger Things, the Sunninghill community put on their best costumes to celebrate Halloween at their local park.

November 5, 2022

Khomotso Makgabutlane 1 minute read

Leah and Jono Abrams with Ray and Ruhi Sewdass go all out for Halloween celebrations in Sunninghill Gardens Park. Photo: Khomotso Makgabutlane

The streets of Sunninghill saw families and community members dresses in their favourite scary and fictional characters to celebrate Halloween.

Sbani Vilakazi and Layla Oberto get ready for trick-or-treating in the Sunninghill community. Photo: Khomotso Makgabutlane

Kata Scala and Janine du Preez in their costumes for the Halloween celebrations in the Sunninghill community. Photo: Khomotso Makgabutlane

Kieren Naidoo and Sergio De Frietas dressed as characters from the Star Wars film franchise. Photo: Khomotso Makgabutlane

Attendees took to Sunninghill Gardens Park for a tunnel of terror organised by Urban Spaces which saw scores of people line up to get frightened in the spirit of Halloween. Slight delays due to the weather saw the set-up delayed, but community members still came in their numbers to take part in the celebrations.

Paige Abrams and Rathna Sewdass dress as witches in celebration of Halloween. Photo: Khomotso Makgabutlane

Rafaella, Alexa and Marianna Karasavvidis get in the Halloween spirit. Photo: Khomotso Makgabutlane

Shaakira Hoosen dresses as Maleficent to celebrate Halloween in Sunninghill Gardens Park. Photo: Khomotso Makgabutlane

Cindy van Latum from Urban Holdings said that over the years, there had been a decreased number of houses taking part in Halloween celebrations. “Last year, we had around 10 people come to the park their cars in the park for ‘Trick or Trunk’, which is where people go to trick or treating out of the trunk of their cars. This event is Urban Spaces’ contribution to creating community spirit and to Halloween,” she said.

Atlegang and Dikoti Nchabeleng go all in for Halloween. Photo: Khomotso Makgabutlane

Ryan Thompson with his mom Bronwen dressed to impress for Halloween. Photo: Khomotso Makgabutlane

The terror tunnel turned to hit Netflix series, Stranger Things for the theme of the afternoon after Van Latum sent out a poll to the community’s Facebook page. Props for the event were handmade by the Urban Spaces team that took five weeks to put together. “Considering Stranger Things is Netflix’s most successful TV show ever, I thought it would be very appealing to a lot of people. We always do something for the small children, so we thought the older generations, teenagers and adults also deserve to have something,” she said.

Looking to next year, Van Latum encouraged to the community to definitely get involved in celebrations with trick or treating as there will definitely be more decorations and events set up for the community.