makarapa

Some soccer fans attach a vuvuzela to a hard hat decorated in team colors, creating a contraption known as the makarapa vuvuzela.

SFGate: Top News Stories By NKEMELENG NKOSI 2010

Some soccer fans attach a vuvuzela to a hard hat decorated in team colors, creating a contraption known as the makarapa vuvuzela.

FOXNews.com 2010

The most popular match-day headgear is the makarapa, a variation on the miner's helmet, an icon in mining cities such as Johannesburg, topped by elaborate decorations and images in bright colours.

2010 World Cup: A brief history of the vuvuzela 2010

And no Bafana Bafana fan's World Cup outfit will be complete without a makarapa -- a modified miner's helmet that was initially created to protect the wearer's head from flying bottles but has since evolved into a wildly inventive headdress that proclaims love of the game and loyalty to team.

World Cup ready to open in South Africa and vuvuzelas will make plenty of noise 2010

"I want to be able to switch on the TV and see everyone wearing a makarapa? that is my biggest hope," Baloyi said recently.

2010 World Cup: A brief history of the vuvuzela 2010

I've been practicing on my vuvuzela, I've even precariously placed a makarapa on my fashion-sensitive head, and promptly declared it de rigueur.

Luso Mnthali: Fever Pitch: What the World Cup Means to Africa 2010

CURNOW: Along with the bubuzella, these flamboyant makarapa hats are also an iconic part of South African football.

CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2009 2009

CURNOW (voice over): South Africans are hoping that the distinctly South African words, bubuzella and makarapa, will be part of the World's Cup experience in 2010.

CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2009 2009

Tamryn Taylor, 29, from Durban, had spent five hours hand-painting and building her makarapa, which she proudly displayed as the mini-soccer balls dangled from the hat.

IOL: News 2010

Makarapa madness The vuvuzelas make all the noise, but no self-respecting SA fan would forgo the makarapa ...

iac world news feed 2010