Revision for “Baphuthi” created on March 15, 2012 @ 21:55:55
| Title | Baphuthi |
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| Content | 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.
i) <blockquote><em>Lebolane!</em>
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!</blockquote>
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