Mafitlhakgosi gives kgosi Gaborone, wife grand entrance

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | Tuesday June 17, 2025 12:02

As the royal couple made the grand entrance to the venue, the excited group of different age groups sung, danced and played drums ushering them in. However, on the other end of the venue whilst the group mesmerised the crowd with their energetic performance, a local poet stole the lime light as he showered Kgosi Gaborone and wife with a praise poem. That momentous performance left the audiences lost for words and their excitement could clearly be seen in their eyes.

That was a start of a beautiful cultural event. It was just a tip in the iceberg as Mafitlhakgosi later on came for round two and treated the audiences to another beautiful performance. Also in their second performance, they were accompanied by a different poet of the 'Phoko Wee' fame, hence getting the nickname Phoko. Instead of having a ullulator, the gifted poet had Mafitlhakgosi as his ullulators. They cheered and played drums as the audiences cheered in approval. The poet continued praising the Kgosi, his wife, kgosi Gaborone's spokes person and a few dignitaries that graced the event.

Mafitlhakgosi continued the performance with song and dance. They danced Hosana, Tsutsube, Setapa and later Dikhwaere as they closed their performance forcing everyone to stand and dance. They did Dikhwaere songs including the famous 'Tsaya Thobane' and 'Re ba Utlwile Ba Re Seba Maabane.'

Whilst enjoying the performances, the audience was treated to a kabu (maize) snack. Morwa Sebetlela, a local Segaba artist free styled and sang a song that had a bit of poetry praising Kgosi Gaborone. In his freestyle song, he asked the queen to ullulate for him to show the audience that she indeed knows him. He played a song greeting the Kgosi and introduced himself and his clan. Even in the song, he hailed Mmakgosi for her immense support and contribution towards her community.

Bomme Matshego (local headmen's wives) who always accompanies the queen blessed the event with a song and later on Onkarabile Segokgo treated the audiences with a poem. Towards the end of the ceremony, SOS Marimba group also performed for the audience. The Artistic Intelligence Ensemble Group then closed the day's event with a sterling traditional song and dance performance. They even had a song praising Kgosi Gaborone and the Molomo event. The song also highlighted the importance of celebrating culture.