HISTORY OF DOMBOSHABA FESTIVAL OF CULTURE AND HISTORY

HISTORY OF DOMBOSHABA FESTIVAL OF CULTURE AND HISTORY

The Domboshaba Festival of Culture and History is an annual event that is held around September/October of every year to celebrate and showcase the colourful culture of the Bakalanga. It is held near Domboshaba Ruins, one of the many architectural remains of the proto-Kalanga who inhabited much of the valleys of the Limpopo and its tributaries from about 1 000 years ago.

Bakalanga culture dates back to more than 1 000 year ago, when the proto-Kalanga built what was to become Southern Africa’s first settled states known in archeologically circles as K2 (980 - 1150 AD) and Mapungubgwe (1150 -1300) in what is today northern Limpopo province of South Africa.

The festival has been held every year since 2000 and continues to grow in popularity.

SOURCE:the midweek sun

LETLHAFULA FOOD FESTIVAL

The letlhafula food festival is usually hosted by the Botswana craft in Gaborone.Botswana is a land rich in culture, with a wide variety of delicious cuisine that includes dishes and drinks, and music and dance. This service idea is dedicated to give the public a day of cultural festivities, celebrating with pride, the ancient food, drinks, music and dance of Botswana.

Letlhafula festival is not just about having fun, feasting and dancing, it is about appreciating Botswana culture and tradition. It is about displaying Botswana’s heritage and culture featuring music dance traditional and indigenous and local cuisine and other exhibits.

The initiate was formed to promote Botswana food and culture which was disappearing. A lot of hard work and preparation goes into this; ploughing crops and harvesting them, storing them and drying the ones that need to be and finally, food and drink preparation. Food and drinks will be accompanied with music and dance during the festival

 

women busy cooking traditional cuisine at the letlhafula food festival in 2006