Bahurutshe Cultural Lodge: The custodians of Setswana culture

Friday, August 17, 2007

The crowing of a rooster at the crack of dawn wakes visitors at the Bahurutshe Cultural Lodge, which is nestled on a hill in the village of Mmankgodi. According to the tradition of the lodge, which has a cultural village setting, visitors are welcome and bid farewell with ululations.

The place, which is the brainchild of Mmankudu Glickman and Victoria Massey, was primarily set up to preserve the culture of the Bahurutshe in 2005.

A tour through the idyllic place takes one at least a century back and gives the visitor a glimpse into the kind of life Batswana led before everything was spoiled by the coming of the colonialists.

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Bahurutshe Cultural Lodge: The custodians of Setswana culture

The crowing of a rooster at the crack of dawn wakes visitors at the Bahurutshe Cultural Lodge, which is nestled on a hill in the village of Mmankgodi. According to the tradition of the lodge, which has a cultural village setting, visitors are welcome and bid farewell with ululations.

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