Cultural extravaganza at Madikwe Cultural Festival
Thursday, April 06, 2023 | 140 Views |
Dr Vom PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
In an interview with the event’s founder and patron Tshegofatso Powane, she said the Madikwe Cultural Festival’s purpose was to showcase Setswana culture through performing arts, traditional edutainment games, artifacts and food.
She explained that the event has now filled in the gap left by the defunct Orange Letlhafula, which offered patrons a cultural experience through tasting of the Setswana cuisine, playing Setswana games and having performances by local artists inspire the event. “Activities include mhele, morabaraba, koi, dibeke and batho safe. We will be tasting different dishes from our Setswana cuisine like: bogobe ba lerotse, letlhodi, kabu, morogo wa dinawa, mosutlhane just to name a few,” she explained.
Whilst the project received mixed reactions from members of the public, the project is indeed a welcome development, which needs to be implemented as soon as possible. Many shared their opinion, with those against the project decrying that if implemented, it will kill the already struggling public transport industry.Many countries around the world have state-run public transport, and those who have travelled to such countries will give testimony...