This man works naked. That's how hardcore the Boers were when they moved North to get away from the Brits, who promptly sailed around the coast to beat the Boers to the other side...
Oxen were so important to the Boer movement that they grace the shrine's entrance, protecting it from non-farmers everywhere.
Seriously, look up Trajan's column for comparison, though this frieze dates to 1938 rather than 2 millennia ago.
Rob, my wonderful host, in front of the Romans vs. Barbarians (err... Boers vs. Africans)
The wagons are circled around this monument to nationalism... literally...
You have to go to the ancient Mediterranean (or Washington D.C.) to see such outright patriotism, though this is from the same nationalism that brought you such legislation as... Apartheid. It is a cross between a cathedral and a mason lodge. It is absolutely magnificent, but if it causes an internal conflict in me, I cannot imagine what it means to various South Africans.
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