Wosana ritual and associated practices (Botswana)
Nomination: Urgent Safeguarding List 2024
EN: Practitioners enjoying the taste of the first harvest during ku luma to appreciate ancestors for bumper harvest
EN: Mbedzi (Chief Priest) leading the practitioners during the sounding of the first drum
EN: She (Chief) Habangana declaring the ploughing seasing officially open
EN: Active community participation during ku dusiwa mbewu (declaration of ploughing season)
EN: Practitioners and community dancing at Gumbu cultural space
EN: Maadzi leading the processiont to perform a sacred ritual
EN: Practitioners and stakeholders during a consultative meeting on the nomination of the element
EN: Chairperson and Secretary of North East Dirstrict ICH Committee consenting to the nomination of the element
EN: Mbedzi (Chief Priest) consenting to the nomination of the element
EN: She (Chief) Habangana consenting to the nomination of the element