Botswana Art has shown marks of excellence since the Stone Age. Around the Kalahari Desert, one can explore the paintings by the Khoisan communities which are found to be as old as twenty thousand years. These communities mostly lived on hunting and their art displays that action and effort. The figures that mark their artistic works are the animals, hunting weapons and human figures. This tradition of art in Botswana continues till date, but several modern aspects have been adopted. The artists and sculptors of Botswana have established their control over the art of painting and sculpture over the years. The
Botswana art is appreciated even in the foreign countries.
The traditional music of Botswana is a rich form of art. The different ethnic groups of Botswana have given shape to different forms of folk music in Botswana. The different forms of Botswana folk music include:
- Chesa
- Huru
- Phathisi
- Tsutsube
- Mokomoto
- Borankana
- Selete
- Setapa
- Ndazola
Art lovers from all across the world flock to hear the Botswana's musicians play their folk music in the annual festival of Botswana music in the National Music Eisteddfod in Selebi-Phikwe.
The other forms of rural Botswana art are displayed in the various baskets crafted by the village women from Mokola palm and local dyes. Thamaga Pottery and Oodi Weavers are the other notable artistic communities of Botswana, who have contributed to the art of Botswana for years.
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