#seanamarena

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[simangelematoba]

Ke apere seanamarena. Mohlang ke se rekelwang eba sa ka. Le tla ba leng letsatsi. . . . #seanamarena #sesotho #sotho https://www.instagram.com/p/CXn6qwnMzZY/?utm_medium=tumblr

[hashtagliveza]

Hello father, I missed your Reign dearly 🦅

Snowear™ || Any page worth turning twice needn't conform to conventional acclaim.

Inspired by the larger than life, tailored bespokely to reignite that which was thought to have been lost.

Tailor your imagination; the cuff remains wickedly delicate, made of that which catapults and remains sworn by, the most high, still.

Helele!!!!

[linzito85-blog]

2 of my most prized possessions currently My Seanamarena given to me by my late uncle @s_taylor_c (Jobo Moshesh) may his soul rest in eternal peace and my Mokorotlo given to me by my uncle Winston Moshesh. I am a South African Coloured with Basotho Ancestry and a Royal lineage. #DescendantOfAKing #Lepoqo #Moshoeshoe #Moshesh #Mshweshwe #MorenaEMoholo #MorenaOABasotho #KingMoshoeshoe #KingMoshesh #Mokhachane #JoboMoshesh #ThabaBosiu #Maseru #Lesotho #Africa #Basotho #MoSotho #Sesotho #Seanamarena #Mokorotlo #BaMokoteli #MokoenaWaMokoteli #Koena #Khosana #Linzito (at Soweto, Gauteng) https://www.instagram.com/p/CANoCAKDQ9R/?igshid=k4n3wpfczxs9

[solotourist]

When the herd lead the way #tebohomatubaphotography #Nikon #Family #Lesotho #nikond3300 #Dustyroad #visuals #Maluti #SoloTourist #Art #Sheeps #Herd #Sheperd #Dogs #exploration #nikon35mm #nikonphotography #travelphotography #Visuals #photography #Kobo #seanamarena #King #mountainkingdom #Mountains (à Metolong, Berea, Lesotho)

[gwendolynlerman]

Discovering the world

Lesotho 🇱🇸

Basic facts

Official name: Kingdom of Lesotho/Naha ea Lesotho (English/Southern Sotho)

Capital city: Maseru

Population: 2.2 million (2023)

Demonym: Mosotho

Type of government: unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

Head of state: Letsie III (Monarch)

Head of government: Sam Matekane (Prime Minister)

Gross domestic product (purchasing power parity): $6.91 billion (2023)

Gini coefficient of wealth inequality: 44.9% (medium) (2017)

Human Development Index: 0.521 (low) (2022)

Currency: loti (LSL) and rand (ZAR)

Fun fact: It is home to the highest lowest point on Earth.

Etymology

The country’s name means “land of the Sesotho speakers”.

Geography

Lesotho is located in Southern Africa and borders South Africa to the north, east, south, and west.

There are three main climates: tundra in the northeast and east, subtropical highland in the southwest, and monsoon-influenced subtropical highland in the rest. Temperatures range from −5 °C (23 °F) in winter to 28 °C (82.4 °F) in summer. The average annual temperature is 10.3 °C (50.5 °F).

The country is divided into ten districts (litereke). The largest cities in Lesotho are Maseru, Teyateyaneng, Mafeteng, Hlotse, and Maputsoe.

History

1858-1868: Free State-Basotho Wars

1871-1884: Cape Colony

1884-1966: Colony of Basutoland

1966-present: Kingdom of Lesotho

Economy

Lesotho mainly imports from South Africa, China, and Taiwan and exports to South Africa, the United States, and the European Union. Its top exports are water, wool, and diamonds.

It has significant diamond reserves. Services represent 56.6% of the GDP, followed by industry (30.7%) and agriculture (6.2%).

Lesotho is a member of the African Union, the Commonwealth, and the Southern African Development Community.

Demographics

The Basotho constitute 99.7% of the population. The main religion is Christianity, practiced by 92.1% of the population, 52% of which is Protestant.

It has a negative net migration rate and a fertility rate of 2.9 children per woman. 29.9% of the population lives in urban areas. Life expectancy is 59.5 years and the median age is 24.7 years. The literacy rate is 81%.

Languages

The official languages of the country are English and Southern Sotho. The latter is the first language of over 90% of the population.

Culture

Craft work and oral literature are particularly important in Basotho culture. The Basotho place a high value in community and working together for the greater good.

Men traditionally wear a tunic, pants, a woolen blanket (seanamarena), and a conical straw hat (mokorotlo). Women wear a long, wide dress (seshoeshoe), a seanamarena, and a headdress.

Architecture

Traditional houses in Lesotho are round and have stone walls and conical, straw roofs.

Cuisine

The Basotho diet is based on beans, corn, meat, and vegetables. Typical dishes include likahare (meat with corn porridge, gravy, and leafy greens), likhobe (a stew of beans, berries, and sorghum), makoenya (fried small dough balls), motoho (fermented sorghum porridge), and nyekoe (beans with sorghum).

Holidays and festivals

Like other Christian countries, Lesotho celebrates Good Friday, Easter Monday, Ascension Day, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day. It also commemorates New Year’s Day and Labor Day.

Specific Basotho holidays include Moshoeshoe’s Day on March 11, Africa Day on May 25, King’s Birthday on July 17, and Independence Day on October 4.

Independence Day

Other celebrations include Letsema, which celebrates the harvest season, the Maletsunyane Braai Festival, which revolves around camping and meat, and the Morija Arts and Cultural Festival, which features arts, dance, poetry, and theater.

Morija Arts and Cultural Festival

Landmarks

There is one UNESCO World Heritage Site: Maloti-Drakensberg Park.

Other landmarks include the Basotho Hat, the Liphofung Cave, the Maletsunyane Falls, the Royal Palace, and the Thaba-Bosiu National Monument.

Basotho Hat

Famous people

Caroline Ntseliseng Khaketla - poet

Desmond Dube - actor and singer

John Lesaoana Theko - movie director

Lehlohonolo Seema - soccer player

Mathabo Nthako - artist

Mosita Lehata - athlete

Rorisang Lekalake - fashion designer

Tebello Nyokong - chemist

Thomas Mofolo - writer

Tsidii Le Loka - actress and singer

Lehlohonolo Seema

You can find out more about life in Lesotho in this blog and this video.

[lemongrasspout]

Wakanda Power: Black Panther Review

It is Friday 16th Feb 2018, the official release date of the much anticipated Marvel movie Black Panther...oh what a time to be alive! I am in a slight conundrum... my older brother called me up about two weeks ago asking if I wanted him to get me tickets to the premier of Black Panther, he and a couple of friends were going and it was a pretty big deal. I said yes without hesitation. Movies have always been my brother and I’s thing since we were little in addition to the fact that we both lived on Marvel. When i say we I mean more him but I got the blow by blow of all the characters and stories whether I liked it or not.

As the hype began to build and people began scrambling for tickets i watched with ease as I could confidently participate in the excitement. Four days before the event I suddenly got the opportunity to attend the influencer screening in Newtown hosted by Back to The City. Now, I wouldn’t be the “No.1 Liker of things” and not want to attend the Newtown screening. But I honestly think I am over that stage of my life, don’t get me wrong I still Like Things but i would like to think I have upped the ante a bit. I weighed up my options and compared the last ‘Straight outta Compton” screening with a normal movie.I used Straight Outta Compton as a reference because it was The previous record-holder which collected $214 million worldwide in 2015 — over its entire run — after adjusting for inflation. (NYTimes)

Suddenly it was no contest, I was sticking to my brothers crew along with a few of my own friends. And Boy did i NOT regret it!

Forget the movie for a second and consider the cultural event that the release of Black Panther enthused. It began on social media as people all over the world began posting their attire and movie inspiration. Timelines the world over were dominated by African prints, beads, Dashiki’s and traditional Southern African attire from as Xhosa, Venda and Zulu culture to name a few. But what personally dominated my timeline, mainly because I am from the Kingdom In the Sky itself was the seshoeshoe and infamous Lesotho blanket that inspired a big portion of the costume selection.

Now what you guys need to understand is that this is a big deal for us Basotho. Even though we have to admit that the Basotho tribal blanket (Seanamarena) which is such a common sight in Lesotho that it has been mistaken for local invention. Its origins can be traced back to the European traders and missionaries as far back as the 1800s. The popularity and assimilation of the blankets by the Basotho people can be traced back to one single incident.  (The Blanket Wrap) The incident revolves around our King Moshoeshoe taking such a liking to the blanket that he chose to wear it at all high esteemed events and it became a cultural phenomenon. Now that’s what we call an influencer.

The movie itself follows T'Challa who, after the events of "Captain America: Civil War," returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to take his place as King. However, when an old enemy reappears on the radar, T'Challa's mettle as King and Black Panther is tested when he is drawn into a conflict that puts the entire fate of Wakanda and the world at risk. (Rotten Tomatoes)

I don’t do spoilers, just reactions to the movie. As I sat in my seat with my Imax goggles I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. My continent, my people, my culture being represented on the big screen in a way that wasn’t rooted in the past but rather in the future. We looked powerful, beautiful and full of such hope a far cry from the common narrative of poverty and despair.  All I saw and experienced was power!!!!

It was an emotive movie and cut deep. Nevertheless I have to agree with my homie P_Kuttah ( @P_kuttah on twitter) when he argues that this may have been a fantastic movie but it was not the best Marvel movie to come out. He stresses the importance of the original Avengers and it being the reason why there is a black panther film to begin with. Black Panther evolves around Avengers and is impossible to overshadow the first Avengers which includes the Avengers films. Having said that he cannot take away from the cultural impact that Black Panther has had on the world. P_kuttah also muses with the idea that depending on how the other movies pan out, Black Panther may rise to become the leader of Avengers but lets not be hasty.

I have to agree with Kuttah on this one but that does not take an ounce away from what I experienced in the cinema this past Friday. 

According to the New York times Black Panther has broken box office records and shattered myths about the overseas viability of movies rooted in black culture. Global ticket sales by today will total an estimated $387 million, according to comScore. (NYTimes)

I bought a ticket and contributed to this record, that is what makes me swell with pride. i am watching the movie again this week, just in case the world didn’t hear us the first time. Black is power and we are coming for EVERYTHING!!!

This movie gets 5/5 pouts x

[obsessivedilettante]

Ooohhh and Amazon has the blue Seanamarena Basotho blankets back in stock!

[reneebellah]

Minion in seanamarena pants.Seanamarena is a Sesotho blanket associated with Lesotho's culture.Designed by @metaldesigner01 for CFF #sothofied #minions #minionslove #designers #designed #design #designer #designs #art🎨 #arttherapy #art #artistsoninstagram #artist #artwork #lesothodesigner #lesothohaeso #lesothoartists #lesotho #blankslide

[saintrobot]

Seanamarena! The corncob pattern. Aranda said the corncob is really integral to the Lesotho people.

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[mp3crewsm]

Pleasure – Seanamarena

Pleasure Seanamarena Mp3 Download

Pleasure is off with a brand new song which was titled Seanamarena.

Download & Listen Below;

https://www.fakavusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Pleasure_-_Seanamarena.mp3

Download mp3: Pleasure – Seanamarena

[princehenry11]

Pleasure – Seanamarena

Pleasure Seanamarena Mp3 Download Fakaza

Fakaza Gospel Music Pleasure Seanamarena Mp3 Download. Here is the pretty South African music singer Pleasure drops off a new gospel song album titled Way Back. The inspirational vibe Seanamarena tops the list of tracks on the project.

Stream, Listen and Download Below.



[ananya231222-blog]

Beyond 'Black Panther': A brief history of Afrofuturism

Beyond ‘Black Panther’: A brief history of Afrofuturism

Excited for Black Panther? So are we. Which is why we’re rolling out obsessive coverage with Black Panther Week. Among the images glimpsed in Marvel’s first Black Panther trailer was a tribal elder in an emerald suit with a matching lip disc, a body modification found in the Suri and Mursi tribes of Ethiopia.  Warriors draped in blue “blankets” (or Seanamarena) soon followed, drawn from the…

[mantsha-blog]

This is the most fun graduation ceremony I have ever attended in you're! Ra tla ra binela seanamarena goes! Happiness is being a guest speaker at an amazing event! (at EWC Kempton Campus)

[freshprinceofblairgowrie]

Basotho: noun South Sotho people collectively, living chiefly in Lesotho. #digitalart #graphicdesign #seanamarena #basotho #design #illustration #blackpanther #wakanda #shuri #letitiawright

[matlhasedi-blog]

one of these!!