The
Maitisong festival Botswana is the biggest festival of performing arts. The
Maitisong festival Botswana offers scopes for both budding
and expert talents to show their expertise and creativity in various fields of art. The Maitisong festival of Botswana takes place in Gaborone, the capital of the country. The event takes place in different parts of Gaborone, in the month of April every year, for a period of nine days. Dance and music of various genres occupy the significant part of this festival. Apart from this, there are traditional music and dance forms, marimba bands, choirs, theatre and western type of dance and music. Good food and drinks are available to the people and the whole city seems to be in a festive mood during these nine days.
The Maitisong Botswana festival consists of two main features. The first one is a free outdoor program, which is organized in four areas around the city. Out of these four, two are in shopping malls and the other two are in areas of high density of population and with people of low-income groups. The other main feature of this festival is the indoor one, which takes place at various venues throughout the capital city of Gaborone. The places where the indoor programmes are held include National Museum, Anglican Church and Little Theatre. Tickets are charged for the indoor programmes. Many eminent actors of Africa have emerged from these programs.
