Lihle student village heritage celebration

 

Lihle student village heritage celebration

By: Amanda Nonsikelelo Nhlengethwa

Twitter: @Amanda_N_26

Email nonsikelloamanda5@gmail.com.

 

Heritage Month is that time of the year where everyone in South Africa is being reminded of their cultural background.

In South Africa the younger generation seem to not know what the real purpose for Heritage celebration is. They are now lost and don’t have a clear background on what is Heritage and how it is celebrated.

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Lihle student village is one of Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) residence based in Soshanguve extinction 19. On the 24^th of September on Heritage Day Lihle student village hosted a Heritage Day celebration where they celebrated Heritage Day in a new Morden way.

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Students were given an opportunity to compete against each other in a fun way, where every student was picking a tribe to represent.

 “No one is allowed to choose their own tribe because there is no fun in that way and they won’t be gaining any knowledge on how other tribe do their things,” said the res manager and event organiser, Miss Sonto.

The events aim was for students to try different kind of things and experience how other people outside their tribe prepare their traditional food, traditional dance and how they wear their traditional outfits on special occasions.

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Lindokuhle Khumalo a 20-year-old student from TUT who resides at Lihle student village and is Zulu from Newcastle KwaZulu Natal, chose to be a Tsonga for the day. She said that she is more than excited to get a chance to see how the Tsonga nation do their cultural activities including their songs, how to make their traditional food. “It was a great experiment because I learnt a lot of things and in the end me and my team won first place on the competition.”

 “I would like to thank our res manager for this kind of experience I had to undergo today it was fun and I really enjoyed seeing other people wearing different kind of outfits and trying new things it was a fun experience indeed,” she added.

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This kind of events reminds and teaches young students on what is Heritage Day, they are reminded to take Heritage Month and Heritage Day seriously.

This event was a great success they had to slaughter a Cow, brew traditional beer from scratch and make traditional food and wear traditional outfits for different tribes.  “It was a great experience indeed for some of us who don’t even know our cultural backgrounds,” said Senzo Shiba Student who resides within the residence. 

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Ubuntu comes from a Zulu saying ‘Umuntu Ngumuntu Ngabantu’. This saying was truly expressed at Lihle Student village, they are unitited and they aim for the same thing every day.