The Day of the Vow (Afrikaans: Geloftedag) was a religious public holiday in South Africa. It is an important holiday for Afrikaners and Boers, originating from the Battle of Blood River on 16 December 1838 where not a single Boer was killed when thousands of Zulu’s attacked the laager (circle of ox-wag0ns) of only 300 Boers.
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