Bollywood Stars descend on Cape Town

The streets of South Africa's carnival city will be flooded with bollywood stars in a different off-screen guise joining the well-known Cape Minstrel groups on Thursday as the DLF Indian Premier League launches itself on April 17.

DLF Indian Premier League will hold a news conference on Thursday, where the Commissioner and Chairman of DLF IPL Chairman,  Lalit Modi will be joined by Bollywood stars to announce, a major carnival through the streets of central Cape Town.

The parade will feature floats - one for each team and the DLF IPL itself - and various teams of Cape Town Minstrels, players and other celebrities will be on the floats.

As they parade through the streets of Cape Town, the Bollywood stars will get a taste of the uniquely Capetonian art form practiced by the Cape Minstrels, colourful groups who for more than a century have been traditionally competing on New Year's eve by marching through the streets showing the skills that they practice all year long.