Baphuthi, people of the duiker, surprisingly associate themselves more to a spider (sekho) than a duiker, an antelope (phuthi). Baphuthi assert that their ancestors descended down from heaven on a spider’s web, “baholo-holo ba bona ba theohile leholimong ka tepo ea sekho”. For this reason, they venerate the spider.
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Lebolane!
Motho oa Tlou.
Motho ea sa tsoaloang ke mosali,
Motho ea theohileng ka khole ea tepo,
A theoha Leholimong,
Motho oa ha Sekhoali,
Oa ha Makhema!