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Basotho (people of Lesotho) cuisine features African traditions and British influence. [1] Lesotho is surrounded by South Africa and it shares culinary practices with its neighbor. Lesotho's food culture features likhobe [2] (a stew with beans, berries, and sorghum), meat, and vegetables. Corn-based dishes include papa [3] and motoho (fermented ...
Lebollo la basadi. Lebollo la basadi also known as female initiation among the Basotho is a rite of passage ritual which marks the transition of girls into womanhood. This activity is still practiced in the Free State, Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal provinces of South Africa. In Sesotho, lebollo means initiation.
Lebollo la banna. Lebollo la banna is a Sesotho term for male initiation . Lebollo is a cultural and traditional practice that transitions boys in the Basotho society to manhood. It is a rite of passage where bashanyana ( transl. "boys") pass puberty and enter adulthood to become monna ( transl. "men") by circumcision.
The Sotho ( / ˈsuːtuː / ), also known as the Basotho ( / bæˈsuːtuː / ), are a Sotho-Tswana ethnic group native to Southern Africa. They primarily inhabit the regions of Lesotho and South Africa . The ancestors of the Sotho people are believed to have originated from Northeast Africa, and migrated south in the fifth century CE.
Mokorotlo. A mokorotlo is a type of straw hat widely used for traditional Sotho clothing, and is the national symbol of Lesotho and the national symbol of the Basotho and Lesotho peoples. An image of the Mokorotlo appears on the Lesotho flag, and on Lesotho vehicle license plates. The design is believed to have been inspired by the conical ...
The traditional method of eating ugali (and the most common in rural areas) is to roll a lump into a ball with the right hand and then dip it into a sauce or stew of vegetables or meat. Making a depression with the thumb allows the ugali to scoop, and wrap around pieces of meat to pick them up in the same way that flatbread is used in other ...
Lobolo or lobola in Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, Silozi, Shona and northern and southern Ndebele (mahadi in Sesotho, mahari in Swahili, magadi in Sepedi and Setswana, lovola in Xitsonga, and mamalo in Tshivenda), sometimes referred to as "bride wealth" [1] [2] [3] or "bride price" is a property in livestock or kind, which a prospective husband, or head of his family, undertakes to give to the head of a ...
The Sotho-Tswana, also known as the Sotho or Basotho, [ 1] although the term is now closely associated with the Southern Sotho peoples [ 2] are a meta-ethnicity of Southern Africa. They are a large and diverse group of people who speak Sotho-Tswana languages. [ 3] The group is predominantly found in Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa, and the ...