BOTSWANA CULTURE

THE BOTSWANA HAVE RICH CULTURAL TRADITIONS OF SETSWANA ETHNIC GROUPS.  THE WOMEN ARE NOTED FOR THEIR SKILL IN CRAFTING BASKETS. FOR UNIQUE PURPOSES.

SOME OF THEIR PAINTINGS ARE FROM BOTSWANA AND SOUTH AFRICA DEPICTING HUNTING.  SOME OF THEIR PAINTINGS ARE OVER 20,000 YEARS OLD.

  MUSIC IS IS OMNIPRESENT IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.  CHILDREN OF ALL AGES ARE ARE TAUGHT TRADITIONAL SONGS AND DANCES.

THEIR FOLK MUSIC IS OMNIPRESENT IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.  THEIR FOLK MUSIC IS PERFORMED WITHOUT DRUMS.  THEY HAVE BEEN REVITALIZING THEIR MUSIC.  GUMBA IS MUSIC MIXED WITH JAZZ - A FORM OF A PARTY.  THEY ALSO HAVE ROCK MUSIC.   EVER SINCE 2000 A LOT OF BANDS ARE TO FIGHT AIDS.

TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY IS IN THE KALAHARI DESERT..  THEY HAVE A LARGE DELTA WHERE THEY FISH AND FARM ON FLOODED BANKS.  TOURISTS ARE DRAWN TO LARGE NUMBERS OF WILDLIFE THAT LIVE IN ONE AREA.  THEY HAVE OVER ONE MILLION PEOPLE NOW.  TASWANA INDIANS ARE SAID TO BE A MAJORITY.

ENGLISH IS THE MAIN LANGUAGE, BUT THEY HAVE MANY LANGUAGES.  TTHEY SPEAK SETSWANA WHICH MEANS RAIN.  IT IS THEIR TERM FOR PUBLIC CURRENCY.

THE BUSHMEN HAVE LIVED  HERE FOR 1000'S OF YEARS.  THEY WERE HERDERS AND AGRICULTURALISTS.  TASWAN CHIEFS MOVED INTO BOTSWANA FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST.  THE BRITISH CAME HERE AND MISSIONIZED THESE FOLKS AND TOOK CONTROL OF THEIR LAND IN 1885.  DURING THE 1900'S TASWANA CHIEFS STRENGTHENED THEIR LAWS AND CUSTOMS.

FINALLY BY 1966 THEY HAD A PEACEFUL MOVE TO INDEPENDENCE.  DIAMOND MINES WERE OPENED AND THEY HAD MORE MONEY. CERTAIN GROUPS WERE CREATED AS SUBORDINATES.  BY 1990'S THEY SECURED RECOGNITION.  FOR ETHNIC REVIVALISM

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