South Africa’s extravagant matric balls are the ‘Met Gala’ of high school dances
- Posted on March 11, 2026
- By CNN
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South Africa’s extravagant matric balls are the ‘Met Gala’ of high school dances
Before South African high school students complete their final exams, they first walk the red carpet, pulling out all the stops for their celebratory matriculation, or ‘matric,’ balls. The photographer Alice Mann documented the increasingly lavish dances for five years in her new book, “The Night is Young.”
