Ma-rock heavy metal walkabout

Aldo Brincat's photographic exhibit "Curio(us)" and artefact show was opened this past weekend in the Octagon Gallery at the National Museum near the Main Mall. According to the visitor's book it has had a variety of enthusiastic guests from all over the world, including groups of school children.

Forty two photographs are exhibiting. Theatrical guru, Tefo Omphile Paya, now a drama teacher at Maru a Pula School, conducted the walkabout. He skilfully allowed the curious visitors to ask  questions and facilitated answers from Brincat, the five Ma Rock enthusiasts who were there, and others as questions probed into the social and cultural history of Botswana. 

The subjects:  They like to walk in a line. This better displays their attire and how they have decorated their leather, from boots to hats, vests and jackets, with studs and chains and other embellishments. They think of themselves more as a brotherhood-with female members too. They are basically leaderless, a cooperative group of people from a wide range of society, from the unemployed and those with little formal education to educated and professional people.  They are equalitarians, with links to rural Botswana and cattle posts. They are not anti-social; they believe in non-violence and helping people and do not mean to appear "intimidating". They were accused of having serious faces and never smiling-simply not true, simply a personae for others to embrace.

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