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Dik Vibe

 Dik vibe 

by Isabella Groenewald

During Big Brag, a new teacher at our school, Ms Fouché, was put on the spot and asked to describe Interschools. Her answer summed up Interschools in two words and left the crowd cheering: Dik vibe.

The first layer of the Interschools vibe takes place amongst school learners. You paint people’s faces you’ve barely held a conversation with. You borrow hair ties and ribbons from random people so one of the unofficial, underpaid Girls’ High stylists can braid your hair. You cheer unfamiliar names next to the sports field, regardless of if you know them or not, because they are part of your school. The dik Interschools vibe creates a form of nationalist pride in your school and reinforces the existing sisterhood we have in Girls’ High. 

The second layer of Interschools vibe is the town of Paarl. During Interschools week, you have to colour coordinate your outfits to the school you support. You decorate your house in the school's colours, and some people even go as far as decorating their cars. My mom said that any outsider coming to Paarl in Interschools week, unaware of the derby, would label us as insane. Truthfully, when it comes to Interschools, Paarl really is insane. The dik vibe doesn’t only contribute to the attitudes of people, but also to dik traffic with people streaming in from all over.

This dik vibe is contagious. The streets are buzzing and every restaurant is trying to make the most of the blue, green and Gimmie yellow Christmas. Everyone in Paarl is buzzing with the question, who are you supporting?


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