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Day of the Vow
The Day of the Vow ((アフリカーンス語:Geloftedag or Dingaansdag)) is the name of a religious public holiday in South Africa until 1994, when it was renamed the Day of Reconciliation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=16 December (Day of Reconciliation) )〕 The holiday is 16 December. Commemorating a famous Boer victory over the Dingane, the anniversary and its commemoration are intimately connected with various streams of Afrikaner nationalism.
==Origin==
The Day of the Vow traces its origin as an annual religious holiday to The Battle of Blood River on 16 December 1838. The besieged Voortrekkers took a public vow (or covenant) together before the battle, led by either Andries Pretorius or Sarel Cilliers, depending on whose version is correct. In return for God's help in obtaining victory, they promised to build a church and forever honour this day as a holy day of God. They vowed that they and their descendants would keep the day as a holy Sabbath. During the battle a group of about 470 Voortrekkers defeated a force of about ten thousand Zulu. Only three Voortrekkers were wounded, and some 3,000 Zulu warriors died in the battle.
Two of the earlier names given to the day stem from this prayer. Officially known as the Day of the Vow, the commemoration was renamed from the Day of the Covenant in 1982. Afrikaners colloquially referred to it as ''Dingaansdag'' ((英語:Dingane's Day)), a reference to the Zulu ruler of the defeated attackers.
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