* Its periodic report of Dikopelo tsa Sekgatla passes with flying colours at UNESCO committee
The Kgatleng District Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee (KDICHC) is happy and overwhelmed that its periodic report that was presented to the 17th session of the Inter-Governmental Committee of UNESCO in Rabat, Morocco from 28th November to 4th December 2022 passed without a hitch.
This piece of good news was conveyed by state emissaries - Tiny Bolokwe, the Programme Culture Officer at the Ministry of Youth, Gender, Sport and Culture, accompanied by Purine Motsewabeng, the Programme Culture Officer at Botswana National Commission for UNESCO - today (Thursday) during the KDICHC last meeting of the year.
Both Bollokwe and Motsewabeng attended the Rabat UNESCO meeting with Minister Tumiso Rakgare told the KDICHC that their periodic report for Mmino wa Dikopelo tsa Sekgatla was successfully received by the Inter-Governmental Committee and accepted.
At the Rabat meeting, MYSC Minister Tumiso Rakgare welcomed the decision of the Inter-Governmental Committee and then made a bid for Botswana to host the next UNESCO meeting, which was accepted and will be held from the 3rd to 9th December 2023 in Botswana.
Responding to the emissaries’ report, Chairperson of the KDICHC Kgosi Segale welcomed the good news from the government emissaries, saying this is actually means that the Kgatleng community should be informed since they are the proprietors of the Dikopelo element, which has been inscribed at UNESCO under the 2003 Convention on Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural heritage.
In an interview after the meeting, Project Manager of the KDICHC Task Team Aron Ogopoleng told The Botswana Guardian that the community will be mobilised and informed through Kgotla meetings. Ogopoleng added that Baikopanyi Choirs Association, which was represented at today’s meeting by its Chairperson, Ben Ngwato and members of his committee will mobilise Dikopelo groups in collaboration with the ICH District Committee.
This piece of good news was conveyed by state emissaries - Tiny Bolokwe, the Programme Culture Officer at the Ministry of Youth, Gender, Sport and Culture, accompanied by Purine Motsewabeng, the Programme Culture Officer at Botswana National Commission for UNESCO - today (Thursday) during the KDICHC last meeting of the year.
Both Bollokwe and Motsewabeng attended the Rabat UNESCO meeting with Minister Tumiso Rakgare told the KDICHC that their periodic report for Mmino wa Dikopelo tsa Sekgatla was successfully received by the Inter-Governmental Committee and accepted.
At the Rabat meeting, MYSC Minister Tumiso Rakgare welcomed the decision of the Inter-Governmental Committee and then made a bid for Botswana to host the next UNESCO meeting, which was accepted and will be held from the 3rd to 9th December 2023 in Botswana.
Responding to the emissaries’ report, Chairperson of the KDICHC Kgosi Segale welcomed the good news from the government emissaries, saying this is actually means that the Kgatleng community should be informed since they are the proprietors of the Dikopelo element, which has been inscribed at UNESCO under the 2003 Convention on Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural heritage.
In an interview after the meeting, Project Manager of the KDICHC Task Team Aron Ogopoleng told The Botswana Guardian that the community will be mobilised and informed through Kgotla meetings. Ogopoleng added that Baikopanyi Choirs Association, which was represented at today’s meeting by its Chairperson, Ben Ngwato and members of his committee will mobilise Dikopelo groups in collaboration with the ICH District Committee.
