Ankole cattle also known to be as one the countries biggest prides. It can be seen in the cultural image of the herero women that they get their inspiration of the head gear from the ankole cattle.

These hand woven baskets unlike the ones displayed before them are made out of reeds found by the bedside of the river. The reeds are cleverly woven together to create fishing nets that will help the women  fish.

Hand woven baskets that can be used both as a mean of storing dried foods or also as a means of decoration in ones household.

Enjoy a wider range of foods during a wonderful experience of Orange Letlhafula day.

Herero cattle dance...

The herero are an ethnic group that can be found in Botswana.

Unlike most Bantus, who are primarily subsistence farmers, the Herero are traditionally pastoralists and make a living tending livestock.  Cattle terminology in use among many Bantu pastoralist groups testifies that Bantu herders originally acquired cattle from cushitic pastoralists inhabiting Eastern Africa. After Bantus settled in Eastern Africa, some Bantu tribes spread south. Linguistic evidence also suggests that Bantus borrowed the custom of milking cattle from Cushitic peoples; either through direct contact with them or indirectly via Khoisan intermediaries who had themselves acquired both domesticated animals and pastoral techniques from Cushitic migrants.

The Herero claim to comprise several sub-divisions, including the Himba, the Tjimba (Cimba), the Mbanderu and the Kwandu. Groups in Angola include the Mucubal, Kuvale, Zemba, Hakawona, Tjavikwa, Tjimba and Himba, who regularly cross the Namibia/Angola border when migrating with their herds. However, the Tjimba, though they speak Herero, are physically distinct indigenous hunter-gatherers: it may be in the Herero's interest to portray indigenous peoples as impoverished (cattleless) Herero.

Enjoy a hearty dish of  seswa, bogobe jwa lerotse, dikgobe, letlhodi and wild chicken.

Watch the beauty and artistic moves in the tswana traditional dance...

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Klanga traditional dance

In ths image, we see basarwa trying to start a fire.. Lets learn more about then below

The San, the Khoi and Bakgalagadi

The Khoi (or Khoikhoi or Hottentot), the San and Bakgalagadi are spread across much of the southern Africa region.

In Botswana there are three San groups, twelve Khoi groups and more than five Bakgalagadi sub-groups.

The San communities

• !Xoo - The !Xoo San group is mainly found in settlements such as Hukuntsi, Inalegolo, Lehututu, Ncojane, Khakhea, Mabutsane and Sekoma.



• Hua - The Hua may be found in the Kweneng District settlements of Khekhenye and Dutlwe.



• Ju'haonsi - This group is found in two different districts of Gantsi and Ngamiland. They occupy settlements such as Kuke, Xaodum, Tsodilo, Qooshe and Nxaunxau.

The Khoi communities

Amongst the many Khoi groups, there are five that stand out as the larger, distinctive and more popular communities.

• Gana - The Gana are mainly found in Kuke, Gantsi and New Xade settlements.



• Gwi - Almost related to the Gana, the Gwi are only found in Botswana, in the settlements of New Xade, Hanahai, Kacgae and Gantsi.



• Nama - This group also exists in Namibia. In Botswana the Nama are found in D'Kar, Charles'Hill, Hukuntsi, Tsabong and Bokspits.



• Naro - Considered one of the main Khoi groups, the Naro are found in Xau, Hanahai, Tshobokwane, Kuke, Gweta and Gumare



• Kx'auei - The group is found mainly in Gantsi District in the settlements of Xanagas, Kuke, Hanahai, Karakubis and Ncojane.

Other Khoi groups include the Kui, Ora, Ganda, Haise, Xam, Thoa and Haba.

Botswana is topographically flat, with up to 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, and Zimbabwe to the northeast. Its border with Zambia to the north near Kazungula is poorly defined but at most is a few hundred metres long

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana (Tswana: Lefatshe la Botswana), is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens refer to themselves as Batswana (singular: Motswana). Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966. Since then, it has maintained a strong tradition of stable representative democracy, with a consistent record of uninterrupted democratic elections.