A Night Of Celebrating Botho, Culture
Monday, August 21, 2017
The Ravi sisters PIC: DUMISANI NCUBE
The festival featured performances from acts such as Barolong Seboni, Leshie Lovesong, Tefo Paya, Gaborone Youth Singers, Mogwana Dance Group, Zeus and the Ravi Sisters.
The idea behind the festival was to engage the dynamics of dialogue and Botho in the country in conjuction with the Dalai Lama Conference.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...