Cultural village to revive traditional practices

Friday, September 25, 2015

The cultural village will have a number of cultural elements such as a hut, segotlo and artifacts

The rise of modernisation and technology has slowly eroded cultural practices from African society leading to young people adopting the western and pop culture.

Cultural events such as the Orange Letlhafula, Domboshaba Cultural festival, Dithubaruba Cultural festival and Son of the Soil, have shown that young people have less knowledge about the indigenous tradition, especially if they are shown.

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