Jovial Bakwena celebrate Dithubaruba Festival in style
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
The fourth cultural event opened with a publicity walk that was led by an ox-drawn wagon from the Main Kgotla to the museum with a jovial and swaying crowd of Bakwena in traditional attire and holding various Setswana household objects.
In a morning of cultural revival, as the festival aims at bringing back the Bakwena tradition, a string of cultural activities from poetry, dance, dress, food, tangible cultural objects were offered.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...