TRADITIONAL MEAL POTS

Like I said at some stage that as a Guide you need to know alot of thing, culture being on the list, cause a Guide who does'nt know his culture is clearly not a Guide.

A Guide must be observent and more observent to your culture to be able to enterpret to your guide and thats the things I have learnt to do being in this learnership.

BEING A GUIDE IS A GIFT THATS WHY I LOVE BEING A GUIDE!

Wednesday-17 July 2009

Girraffe Capturing!

It was sad and exciting at the same time to see a Girraffe being captured for the first time in my life, but I must say I enjoyed because it was quite an expirience.

At first when they told us that we were going to catch a Girraffe i thought to my self "how is that even possible?" and it was really fascinating to be part of the show and just watching.

I mean we all know how big and dangerous this animal can be, but you should see how easy it was to catch it, I can't say it was as A B C, but sure I can say that it was as eating a pie cause sure it was.

I even got a chance to climb on the trail that it was on, I was scared at first but got used to it in time, it was the first time I got that close to it but guess what, it was blinded! lol

I must say this is a chance of a life time to be in this learnership.

The Tourist Guides dances "Malopo"

This are the tourist guides dancing the old dance "malopo" and they all enjoying it. It was fun and all had the chance to expirience it at Bakone Malapa.

This shows me that elctricity has made things easy for us now but it was not that important back then.

This here is a man at Bakone Malapa demonstrating how the Bakones made fire in the olden days, by a marula stick and cow dung, and I was there to experience it happening and it was incredible to see it happening right in front of my eyes!

This really is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The time we were at Bakone Malapa, we got the chance to see Museum that contained things that were used by the Bakone people in the olden days.

The guy standing infront the group is a guide and he is very good at what he does, the only reaso n I think hes this good is because he likes what he is doing and I also want to be like him oneday.

The museum contains alot of interesting and fascinating things in it, and the interesiting part about this place is that none of the things is bought but it is made by hand trying to show how technology has took over alot of things again.

I have learnt alot at this museum,I still want to learn about this cultures so that Im can interpret it to my tourists oneday.

This place has then again opened my eyes because I together with my team, Lucky and Rebecca want to start something of this kind, it is an encouragement that we too can do it.

Like I sad that this course has made love my country and made realise that I did'nt know my culture and other things about it, I am now observent and can be able to tell you who I am and where I come from.

The picture that you see above is a place called Bakone Malapa in Polokwane here in Limpopo. This is a place to be if you are interested in culture and traditional things because there you can learn alot of things about the Bakone people and also buy stuff they used back then in the olden days.

"A place is jugded by the arts in it" Someone sqid that to me and I thought to my self "what does he mean?"

Today I know what that means, I have been in this market of art in Bela-Bela and all that could say was "wow", the place is amazing. There are somethings in that place you'd never thing man can make.

Like I sad in my last post, this course has taught me alot of thing and made me observe alot that I never did before.

This one of the places you feel the meaning of art when you get to them, every tourist would die to be in this place.