The week of Spring Break, during the first week of October, also happened to conveniently coincide with the Annual Morija Cultural Festival! And since Zoe and I were staying with Makabelo and her family in the village of Matsieng, about a 15 minute drive away from Morija, we took full advantage! It turned out to be a great opportunity to get together with some amazing PCV friends, view Basotho arts and crafts, and enjoy traditional Basotho cultural dances and song!
Lovely PCV Ladies! Hair washed, legs shaved, clothes clean, no bulky backpacks… We almost look like we could be tourists! HA!
(From L to R): Jiggetts, Zoe, Me, and Rachel
We spent the afternoon exploring craft vendo
Shopping is a very dangerous pastime of female PCVS…
So many beautiful crafts; so little money! Ha!
One of our PCV friends, Jiggetts, had set up a booth to sell handmade jewelry and crafts to help raise money for a community project to put a well at her school! We were all too happy to come keep her company and shop a little!
We also got the chance to see some cool activities and events! This was the toy car race! Village kids across Lesotho are shockingly skilled at making these toy cars out of old clothes hangers and tin cans! It was very cool that some got to show off their ingenuity and engineering skills at this competition!
At the end of the week, Rich (Makabelo’s husband) graciously offered to stay home with the kids, so we could have a rare and coveted “Girls Night Out” to attend the annual “Music of Southern Africa” concert! The music selection ranged from classic Basotho famu (ie. Not my favorite! Ha!) and gospel to jazz and hip-hop! We were joined by a bunch of other PCVs, and had a blast dancing til 3am in the morning!
With Love from Lesotho… –Mary E.
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