Makarapa

Sport fans spend hours on sculpting and painting their makarapa in the colours and emblem of their clubs or country.

The word makarapa literally meant "scrapers", referring to men who would leave the rural areas to go to the cities and "scrape" a living in mining and construction work.

[citation needed] Makarapa were present in Zürich at the selection of South Africa to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

[citation needed] Makarapa are decorated to serve purposes such as being used as fan articles, an individual artwork as well as a means of promoting one's team brand in the stadiums as they attract a lot of media attention.

They still also afford the wearer protection from missiles thrown at sporting matches,[4] their original reason for being worn.