Original sentence: Participants are typically from Afrikaans speaking working class "coloured" (mixed-race) families who have preserved the custom since the mid 19th century.Up to 13,000 minstrels take to the streets
Edited sentence: English speaking coloureds do not participate in the carnival as they constitute the Coloured middle class as the carnival's participants are from the lower class, and speak Afrikaans, which is an indication of social class in the Coloured community.Up to 13,000 minstrels, from the Afrikaans speaking "coloured" (mixed-race) community, take to the streets