Heritage Day, September 24, is a Public Holiday on which South Africans across the spectrum are encouraged to celebrate their cultural heritage and the diversity of their beliefs and traditions, in the wider context of a nation that belongs to all its people. The day is meant to remember their past and the struggles of Apartheid. Scouts and the Army are also encourged to take part in this event. In Hout Bay, there's an army procession and a recreation of the battle fought there. In 2005, a media campaign sought to "re-brand" the holiday as "National Braai Day", in recognition of the South African culinary tradition of holding informal backyard barbecues, or braais.
   On September 5, 2007, Archbishop Desmond Tutu celebrated his appointment as patron of South Africa's Barbecue (Braai) Day, affirming it to be a unifying force in a divided country (by donning an apron and tucking into a sausage). Organiser Jan Scannell announced that the aim isn't to have a mass braai, but small ones with friends and family.
   

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