On Christmas day most people gravitate towards thinking of turkey, stuffing, salad, side dishes, braai food and of course Christmas pudding.
For many cultures, however, turkey is not their main dish. Most Muslims, Jehovah’s witnesses, Jews and Hindus, do not celebrate Christmas. Randburg Sun spoke to an array of residents in the Randburg area and found that Christmas feasting can differ vastly, depending on your culture.
Eustacia Morris from the Shona culture explained that her family would have a huge family gathering on Christmas day and their main dishes would consist of rice, roast chicken and coleslaw salad.
Kagiso Molatedi explained if you are a member of the Sesotho culture, a big feast would usually be prepared at home and the whole family would be invited.
Their main dishes for Christmas would be malaogodu (tripe) and bogobe (pap). Obakeng Motsisi said ting (pap) and morogo (spinach) are the main dishes the Tshwana culture would indulge in when their families meet for Christmas. Sivenathi Gosa, who is Xhosa, said they usually have a big family gathering on Christmas. They slaughter a sheep and would then also have an array of salads for their feasting.
No matter how the Christmas feasting is done, the people of Randburg all have one thing in common for their Christmas feasting to take place, and that is family!
