Inaugural Thobo Festival gets lukewarm reception

Tshipi Tsa Poo at Thobo Festival
Tshipi Tsa Poo at Thobo Festival

The first annual Thobo Traditional Festival was launched at Lobatse Town Council Park on Saturday.

Translated into English, Thobo means harvest. Despite starting way behind schedule and attracting a relatively small crowd, the event was well organised.

Not withstanding the fact that it was a year of low harvest as a result of low rainfall, the organisers still managed to get a variety of produce.

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