보츠와나 바롤롱족의 전통문화

Abstract

This study discusses the racial characteristics of the Barolong people of Botswana and the characteristics of Goodhope, the administrative capital of the Barolong people, and examines the traditional political culture centering on the Barolong chief system and Kgotla. Next, it is discusses the totem, house structure, cattle farming, wedding ceremony, and traditional dance, which are traditional life customs in the daily life of the Barolong people. In Africa, Botswana represents a middle-income country due to its stable political system and economic growth based on diamonds. With the efforts of political leaders at the time of independence from the British protectorate, political democratization, which is rare in Africa, has been achieved and economic growth is continuing. Botswana’s politics developed around eight Tswana-speaking tribes. Of the eight representative tribes, the Barolongs, who live mainly in the southern region, are divided into two countries, South Africa and Botswana. It can be said that it was a result of the division of borders with Botswana’s independence. The Barolong of Southern Africa are a tribe of Tswana, speaking a Bantu language(i.e. Setswana), and are scattered in South Africa centered on Mafeking and southern Botswana. The Barolong people of Botswana are centered in the village of Good Hope, where the chieftain resides, and the descendants of Kgosi Lotlamoreng Montshiwa continue the traditions of the Barolong people. This study discusses the history of Barolong tribe, focusing on it’s traditional culture that has been maintained to this day, relying on data and literature review. In this study, as the term is used locally, the chief is also called Kgosi.