Basotho women wearing blanketsChild wrapped in a traditional Basotho blanket
The Basotho blanket is a distinctive form of woollen blanket commonly worn by Sotho people in Lesotho and South Africa.[1]
^"The History of the Basotho traditional blanket". The Blanket Wrap. 1 November 2010. Archived from the original on 3 June 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
The Basothoblanket is a distinctive form of woollen blanket commonly worn by Sotho people in Lesotho and South Africa. Originally gifted to the then ruler...
national dress revolves around the Basothoblanket, a covering made originally of wool. Most of the Basothoblanket is now made out of acrylic fibres....
The Sotho (/ˈsuːtuː/), also known as the Basotho (/bæˈsuːtuː/), are a prominent Sotho-Tswana ethnic group native to Southern Africa. They primarily inhabit...
headlines by producing a men's collection using similar prints as Basothoblanket and Thabo Makhetha-Kwinana designs, a controversial move that sparked...
Lebollo la basadi also known as female initiation among the Basotho is a rite of passage ritual which marks the transition of girls into womanhood. This...
The molamu is an indicator of one's adult male status along with the Basothoblanket seana marena, and are visual expressions of both practical and esoteric...
villages smeared with Letsoku (red ochre) and covered in traditional Basothoblankets while surrounded by men and elders, where they are given a new set...
of Wakanda was inspired by the southern African kingdom of Lesotho. Basothoblankets also became more known as a result of the film and its basis on Lesotho...
clothing, like the ohorokova dress South Africa – Sotho – Shweshwe, basothoblankets, Mokorotlo Xhosa – Umbhaco (men and women); faskoti, inxili (sling...
Basotho working in the mines were compared to rats while those who were not miners were seen as "jovial monkeys" in control of their destiny. Basotho...
fabric for their clothing and helped entrench it in South African and Basotho culture. Shweshwe is traditionally used to make dresses, skirts, aprons...
stands. In 1856 Andries Francois du Toit (1813–1883), in exchange for a Basotho pony, acquired part of the farm, which he named 'Arcadia' and on which...
popular and traditional dress in India Seshweshe, a female dress worn by the Basotho women during special ceremonies. Although it has recently been adopted...
and Shona. Cotton cloth was referred to as machira. The Venda, Swazi, Basotho, Zulu, Ndebele, and Xhosa also made extensive use of hides. Hides came...
practical guidelines on the impact of mahadi [bride price] on the young Basotho couples prior to marriage". HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies...
amicable, enabling the Basuto to avoid destruction during the Free State–Basotho Wars in the 1860s by becoming a British dominion. One of the edges of the...
sons and two daughters from his second. He took part in the Free State–Basotho Wars (1858-1868) between the Orange Free State and the Sotho people under...
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