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Herero Day at Okahandja
Since the reburial of Samuel Maharero at Okahandja in August 1923, Herero people have gathered every year at the graves of their chiefs to honour the ancestors.
1923 CE · -21.98, 16.92 · status: official
The account
Maharero led the 1904 uprising against German rule and died in exile in Bechuanaland. The procession, with members of uniformed troops (otruppa), also remembers the genocide of 1904–1908.