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Tsholotsho Rock Art research undertaken
24 Sep 2015 at 07:28hrs | Views
The Tsoro Tso u San Development Trust has said in its quest to Investigate and locate sacred sites that could shed more light on the life of the San in Tsholotsho, as part of our ethnographic study, it discovered some rock paintings at Tshabanda and Tshefunye, in Tsholotsho North.
"The main objective of this ethnographic study was to enable us to tell the true San story in Zimbabwe," said the organisation's director Davy Ndlovu. "The history of the San in Zimbabwe has remained a mystery and it is our endeavour to unlock that mystery."
He said it has been one hope for the late Gogo Motshwa that one day the true history of the Zimbabwe San would be made known in its entirety and it is behind this backdrop that we are doing these research projects.
"The San in Zimbabwe are viewed and have been viewed as a faceless people, people without an identity, without a language and worse still a people with a tangible historical background," Ndlovu said. " Many people still believe that there are no San in Zimbabwe most particularly in Tsholotsho.In our ethnographic study with students from Midland State University (Zibusiso Sibanda) and Great Zimbabwe University (Valencia Nene) we concentrated our efforts on Sacred Site that Included; Sacred Caves, trees and Rock structures natural or interacted with or shaped, engraved or painted on."
Ndlovu said Landscapes and land forms that have been recognized to have spiritual and or sacred significance or symbolism or that hold a sacred or spiritually orientated geographical or astronomical position or direction, all this with San bearing.
"We are glad to make public of our findings and we hope this is going to go a long in unlocking the history of the San, particularly in Zimbabwe. These painting have not been recorded before," he said.
"The main objective of this ethnographic study was to enable us to tell the true San story in Zimbabwe," said the organisation's director Davy Ndlovu. "The history of the San in Zimbabwe has remained a mystery and it is our endeavour to unlock that mystery."
He said it has been one hope for the late Gogo Motshwa that one day the true history of the Zimbabwe San would be made known in its entirety and it is behind this backdrop that we are doing these research projects.
"The San in Zimbabwe are viewed and have been viewed as a faceless people, people without an identity, without a language and worse still a people with a tangible historical background," Ndlovu said. " Many people still believe that there are no San in Zimbabwe most particularly in Tsholotsho.In our ethnographic study with students from Midland State University (Zibusiso Sibanda) and Great Zimbabwe University (Valencia Nene) we concentrated our efforts on Sacred Site that Included; Sacred Caves, trees and Rock structures natural or interacted with or shaped, engraved or painted on."
Ndlovu said Landscapes and land forms that have been recognized to have spiritual and or sacred significance or symbolism or that hold a sacred or spiritually orientated geographical or astronomical position or direction, all this with San bearing.
"We are glad to make public of our findings and we hope this is going to go a long in unlocking the history of the San, particularly in Zimbabwe. These painting have not been recorded before," he said.
Source - Byo24News
