Clap & Tap music festival turns UB Arena into a song sanctuary

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Universal Khathisima Church. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Now in its fourth edition, the Mabaila Foundation Clap & Tap has grown into one of the city’s most anticipated gospel gatherings. Clap & Tap is more than music. It is a Southern African church tradition where feet become drums, hands become cymbals, and harmony carries the sermon. On Saturday, the arena pulsed with it.

Saturday at the University of Botswana Sports Arena did not feel like a typical weekend. It felt like a mass baptism in sound and colour.

The theme was All White, and Gaborone obeyed. From the rafters to the front row, the Christian community showed up in white outfits. A few rebels broke the code with other colours, but the message was clear: this was a night set apart.

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