Ndebele Cultural Village
Mapoch Ndebele Village is a unique place as the community still live and practice their traditional way of life, i.e traditional ceremonies, Ndebele paintings, beadwork and Ndebele culture in general.
- Duration: 4 Hours
- Difficulty: Easy
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- Meet on location
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Description
The Ndebele Village of “Mapoch” is situated 40 km outside Pretoria. The village inhabitants still live in a traditional manner and practice their time-old customs, despite the influence of modernisation.
The village is relatively un-commercialised and you will have the opportunity to immerse yourself and experience life from a unique perspective.
The original community of Mapoch lived in an area called Wonderboom in Pretoria. They were living on a farm of a certain white farmer. This community was evicted from Pretoria during the early 1950’s. Apparently the farmer petitioned to the government of the time, to have the community removed from “his” land as tourists were travelling through “his” land to visit the community. Blacks were forcibly removed from traditional settlements to make way for white communities under Apartheid policies.
This community was first moved to “Vlakfontein”, where it was found that there was not enough land for their cattle to graze, no rivers nearby and no space suitable to hold the traditional initiation schools, amongst other factors. The community petitioned and more suitable land was found for them. The Mapoch Ndebele Community then moved to a farm at Klipgat under the authority of Mr Speelman Buhlakani Msiza (Chief) in 1953. The current village was built and life goes on as usual.
Mapoch Ndebele Village is a unique place as the community still live and practice their traditional way of life, i.e traditional ceremonies, Ndebele paintings, beadwork and Ndebele culture in general
Highlights
- Meeting the Ndebele tribe
- Cultural beading & dancing
- Ndebele food
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What’s included
Transport to & from the village
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- Camera
- Hat & sunglasses
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