HOSANNA || THE BAKALANGA RAINMAKING DANCE || Just 30 kilometers west of Francistown, Botswana lies the small village of Makobo where a group of Ikalanga elders are quietly acknowledged as the veterans of the tribe's culture. During the celebrations at Makobo guests were treated to the Hosanna dance by elders in black skirts, strings of beads in a multitude of colours, a myriad across their upper bodies and around their heads and waists. The leader of the dance group, Tshepang Thapelo explained t

HOSANA DANCE MONOLISED This dance is called Hosana.It originally a rain-making dance performed by the BaKalanga people of western Zimbabwe and eastern Botswana. The crisscrossing rhythms are incredibly beautiful to listen to. | Clive Mono Mukundu

Sometimes you have to learn how to survive in the middle of the circumstances you face. It’s all about learning to dance in the rain. | Jeff & Sheri Easter