Cultural preservation within Damara people

Damara men making fire...PIC: MOMPATI TLHANKANE
Damara men making fire...PIC: MOMPATI TLHANKANE

While culture is slowly dying away in many tribes across Southern Africa, dedicated young people from a tribe in Namibia have decided to preserve their culture and heritage. Mmegi Staff Writer MOMPATI TLHANKANE visited the Damara Living Museum to learn more about one of the oldest tribes in Namibia

The Living Museum of the Damara is situated about 10 kilometres north of the famous Twyfelfontein rock engravings site.  It is an authentic open-air museum, which is independently managed by the Damara.

The museum gives visitors interesting insight into Damara traditions, culture and original lifestyle.  Their original culture was a mixture of an archaic hunter-gatherer culture and herders of cattle, goats and sheep.

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