Bakgatla-Ba-Ga-Manaana Celebrate Dikgafela

Kuka La Setso Cultural Group perfoming at Moshopa Dikgafela
Kuka La Setso Cultural Group perfoming at Moshopa Dikgafela

In the same kgotla where President Mokgweetsi Masisi uttered his infamous ‘Ke lelope’ speech, Bakgatla Ba Ga Manaana tribe in Moshupa on Friday celebrated Dikgafela Day for the ninth year in a row.

The event was attended by the president himself and other dignitaries from as far as South Africa who joined in to revive the long abandoned traditional harvest festival, Dikgafela.

During the event, women, in traditional regalia of shawls, of matching blue and black colours donned German print skirts commonly called leteisi. Led by men, the women with baskets of harvest on their heads made their way to the Kgotla to officially hand over Dikgafela to the traditional leader.

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