I have promised to conduct a New Year's service for farm labourers. This is a special privilege for me, as few people even see the tradition -- which is held throughout South Africa. It is a very "democratic" service, on New Year's eve -- in this case held by candlelight as there is no electricity -- where labourers themselves conduct all or most of the service. So I expect that I would merely provide the "framework". OBSERVATION: I would conduct the service in Afrikaans. My Afrikaans is quite good -- until I run out of steam! See also New Year Service.
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