tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266564542009-06-08T05:35:01.945-07:00Qani Xiite describes and demonstrates the San Culture - the oldest inhabitants of Botswana. Qani uses music, dance and stories to describe her life.Delta Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15122086527860740599oceandavid@hotmail.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656454.post-50592996649742287422006-12-04T09:38:00.000-08:002006-12-04T10:02:12.365-08:00

1. The story that I heard from my father, who heard it from his father, is that we San came from the west. After the great God made them, they were in a good place in the west - the name of which my father never told me. But, soon after they were created, there were wars which forced my forefathers to leave that nice place of theirs and seek other places of rest. They wandered until they found

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In the dry months, April to September, ostrich eggs are used to store water. From Qani's perspective, "Our short autumn, which comes in April, is the best of all the seasons. Apart from a rare vagrant shower, the heavy rains are passed, but there is still water in small pans scattered about our hunting area.""The big rains have driven away the great heat of spring and early summer. The biting

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Expect more from Qani anytime soon. She has had a busy last few months peforming many a dance show, producing a 6 song CD and organizing a video shoot that should happen next week.She tells me she is writing and hopes to start an email account so she can be directly in-touch we you. The picture is Qani on mobile safari in Moremi Game Reserve, late June. That is our winter.

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Qani believes that fire can motivate and lift the spirit - "we always make a big fire because we believe that fire is life. Fire can heal." Herbs are also used for healing. When someone is sick, "we dance around the fire singing our traditional songs - requesting help from God(Uwe) to give us strength to heal the ill person."The singing and dancing is slow, rhythmic and quite. From Qani's point

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Qani started traditional dance when she was 6 years old, that was in 1988. Her dancing is divided into 3 themes: hunting dance, healing dance and play/game dance. Qani did some dancing when she was in school.She left school early, but was given assistance by a Norwegian couple. They helped her to continue with reading and writing. After they left and returned to Norway, Qani was more on her own.

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Dance as CultureQani leads a full dance troupe during an evening of entertainment. You can almost hear the leg beads rattling their rhythmic cadence. Qani is currently writing about the meaning of different dances she performs and the importance of dance for the San People.

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Telling the story of San Culture Qumco. xaxi. The richness of the San Culture is being explained in words, song and dance to tourists in Maun by Qani Xiite, of the Qungha tribe, who comes from Kacgae village near Ghanzi. Based at the Afro Trek Safari office at the Sedia Riverside Hotel, Qani – dressed traditionally in the way of the desert - is holding tourists enthralled as she speaks, and then

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