The sacred world of Bapedi Ancestors

A group of journalists followed a trail of remarkable landscape that included hills, story narrow beds, amazing gorges, old Goo- Moremi kgotla and ever flowing waterfalls PIC: MOMPATI TLHANKANE
A group of journalists followed a trail of remarkable landscape that included hills, story narrow beds, amazing gorges, old Goo- Moremi kgotla and ever flowing waterfalls PIC: MOMPATI TLHANKANE

Botswana is one of the countries of immense cultural significance to its inhabitants and every sacred site brings a spiritual meaning to this ancient landscape. Mmegi Staffer MOMPATI TLHANKANE recently visited the sacred world of Bapedi/Tswapong ancestors (badimo) to see beneath the surface of cultural heritage

Goo-Moremi Gorge in Tswapong Hills is a remarkable landscape peppered with splendid hills and pebbly narrow beds lined with very tall vegetation, dazzling gorges, abundant wildlife and birdlife, and most importantly the waterfalls.

Situated east of Palapye, on the foot of Tswapong hills and a small village known as Moremi, Goo-Moremi or Manonnyeng Gorge is like a place hidden from the world and it is where the ancestors stay. The waters have lived beyond their time and it is not only renowned for its geological history, but rather dreamtime stories connected to this land.

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