Cape Town - Bo-Kaap

The picturesque flat-roofed two-story houses in old Malay quarter, color-washed in a variety of colors, are still mainly occupied by Malays, the descendants of slaves who were brought to the Cape from the East Indies in the second half of the 17th C and later mostly became craftsmen of various kinds.

They have preserved their Islamic traditions: there are a number of small mosques in the area, and the muezzin's call to prayer is heard five times a day. One of these mosques, the Masjid Korhaanol in Longmarket Street, has remained almost unchanged since it was built in 1886. Some of the houses (most of which date from the 19th C) have been renovated in recent years