Cultural preservation within Damara people
Friday, May 27, 2016
Damara men making fire...PIC: MOMPATI TLHANKANE
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.
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...