Hosanna, the Bakalanga rainmaking dance

Friday, October 22, 2010

MAKOBO: Hosanna is an Ikalanga dance that has existed for so long it has become synonymous with the tribe, and is still practiced today in requests for rain.

Just 30 kilometers west of Francistown lies the small village of Makobo where a group of Ikalanga elders are quietly acknowledged as the veterans of the tribe's culture.

It was at a joint PSLE victory party and prize-giving day at Makobo Primary School last week that Mmegi learnt that the Hosanna, as a dance, also refers to the dancer who is old and wise.

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