Jeremane rules at the Son of the Soil 2012 festival

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It is popularly known as Jeremane and leteisi in Tswana societies. The German print was the attire of the day at the seventh Son of the Soil Cultural Festival held outside Rasesa on Saturday. The British might have given us the independence but the Germans undoubtedly gave us the traditional dress.

This was evident at the 2012 Son of the Soil (SOTS) which was an all leteisi affair. Themed "kapari ya setso", (traditional attire) the event proved that leteisi (German print) is a commonly accepted Setswana traditional attire.

The theme turned SOTS into a traditional fashion show, complete with a ramp - where the selected few strutted their attire to the cheering crowd. Women arrived in various eye-catching designs of leteisi.

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