“Really South African”: Canadian Musician Builds Braai Station at Home After SA Tour
- Canadian Folk Hop duo Neon Dreams returned home and immediately began constructing a brick braai station in their backyard
- The band toured South Africa and became so deeply connected to the culture that they made Cape Town a home base for years
- South Africans online erupted with pride and warmth after the video of the braai build surfaced on Instagram
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A Canadian musician came home from South Africa and got straight to work building something that felt like home.
Neon Dreams, the Canadian folk-hop indie-pop duo, shared a video on their Instagram page showing one of the band members constructing a full brick braai station in their backyard in Canada. The clip, recorded during the day against a backdrop of autumn trees, captures the project mid-build, with bold on-screen text reading:
"Comes home and he starts building a braai station in Canada."
In the video, the person behind the camera pans to the brick structure taking shape and remarks,
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"You really are South African." The musician's response? A simple, proud "Lekker, man."
From SA tour to backyard braai
The band's love for South Africa runs deep. Neon Dreams first came to the country in May 2021, becoming the first international act to tour South Africa after the COVID-19 pandemic. Every show on their 16-date tour sold out. The duo fell so hard for the culture, the people and the food that they eventually made Cape Town a home base, splitting time between Canada and South Africa for years.
During their time in SA, they collaborated with local artists including Matthew Mole, Majozi and Mthandazo Gatya, and performed at iconic venues like the Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts. Their 2019 single Life Without Fantasies had gone platinum in South Africa without any promotion from the band, sparking the connection that changed everything.
The braai station is the latest and perhaps most personal expression of that bond.
Watch the braai station build that has South Africa talking.
Mzansi reacts to the braai build
South Africans in the comments on the Instagram page had plenty to say:
@keziah_freimond wrote:
"You didn't choose South Africa...South Africa chose you...and that's the difference. You are one of us now 🔥"
@bronwyn.chef shared:
"Thank you for building this beautiful tribute to an incredible culture and nation. 😍 As a South African living in Canada, this is beautiful! ❤️"
@hlozay said:
"Lekker man approved ❤️❤️❤️"
@ants00bresler noted:
"Soon his mates will find out, then they'll all want one... ❤️🔥"
@granthinds observed:
"That's fully equipped, 4 shelves yoh!"
@madeleinvictor added:
"Proud of you, bru 🇿🇦"
@tyweare said:
"He will now always be South African."
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More on South African culture and food
- Briefly News recently reported on a South African woman who reacted to the culture shocks of an American grocery store, including pre-crumbled feta and R29 eggs.
- An American expat in Cape Town was stunned by what she found in her Woolworths egg carton, and Mzansi had plenty to say.
- Woolworths is also rolling out Next Gen stores to give shoppers more to look forward to.
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