This comes after the festival got a donation of animals from Debswana to use for demonstrations of Sesarwa culture such as hunting and cooking game meat. The event will be held in Xere village from August 22-24. The organisers of the event, which is dedicated to preserve the Sesarwa culture, are anticipating more patrons this year, such that they have stretched it to two full days of immense fun. Speaking at a media launch in Gaborone on Tuesday, the event coordinator from Blacksmith Communications, Rapula Kegopilwe, said this year’s edition promises to be a banger.
He said, unlike last year, patrons should expect more activities including exploring the Sesarwa culture including wild animals hunting, cooking game meat the Sesarwa way and tasting it, cultural exhibition and performances. “Our aim is to see Batswana attending the Xere Cultural Festival in higher numbers than last year where we had 3, 000 patrons of whom 150 were foreign tourists. We were happy that the public came in large numbers and hope to see the numbers increasing this year. We will have a cultural exhibition in the morning of the first day to demonstrate the Sesarwa culture such as hunting. Thankfully, Debswana has provided us with animals and therefore we will see how they were hunted, skinned and cooked before later tasting the game meat,” he said. He added that the Xere youth would also be showcasing their talent through different art exhibitions they would be displaying at the exhibition.
