ʻOiai ʻokoʻa kā lākou ʻoihana a me kā lākou hana, nā manaʻoʻiʻo, nā hana, nā kaʻao, a me nā kuʻuna, noho lākou i ka lokahi maikaʻi, i hui pū ʻia e ko lākou moʻolelo waiwai.
ʻO ka ʻōlelo aupuni, ʻo Setswana, e hoʻohui i ka lāhui o Botswana e like me nā hui ʻokoʻa like ʻole e like me ka Tswana nāna i haku i ka hapa nui o ka heluna, ʻo ka Bakalanga, ka lua o ka ʻohana nui loa ma ka ʻāina, ka Basarwa, Babirwa, Basubiya, Hambukushu … Ua ʻāpono nā mea a pau ma ke ʻano he ʻōlelo ʻāina ʻoiai ua mālama nā ʻohana ʻokoʻa i ko lākou mau ʻōlelo kupuna, e hoʻonui ana i ka ʻokoʻa o ka ʻāina.
Hōʻike ʻia ka mōʻaukala o kēlā me kēia ʻohana i kāna mele, ka hula, nā kuʻuna, a me nā lole waihoʻoluʻu. Haʻaheo nō hoʻi ʻo Botswana i ka home o ka poʻe San, i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka poʻe kahiko loa o ka ʻāina ʻo ʻApelika Hema. ʻOiai ka hala ʻana o ka manawa, ua paʻa ka San i ka hapa nui o kā lākou hahai holoholona a me nā kuʻuna ʻohi a ke hana nei lākou i kā lākou pana pana me ka lāʻau i koho maikaʻi ʻia.
E ʻike iā Botswana a me kāna mau manawa hoʻolimalima mākaʻikaʻi ma ka hele ʻana i ka Botswana Tourism Investment Summit mua loa.
ʻO kēia hanana ua hui pū ʻia e ka Botswana Tourism Organization (BTO) a me International Tourism Investment Corporation Ltd (ITIC) a me ka hui pū ʻana me ka International Finance Corporation (IFC), he lālā o ka World Bank Group, a e hana ʻia ma Nowemapa 22-24, 2023, ma ka Gaborone International Convention Center (GICC) ma Botswana.
ʻAʻole ʻo Setswana wale nō ka ʻōlelo hoʻohui o Botswana, akā ua lilo ia i huaʻōlelo i hoʻohana ʻia e wehewehe i nā kuʻuna moʻomeheu waiwai o Botswana.
Hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ka hoʻoilina moʻomeheu o ka ʻāina i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma kahi ʻaha hoʻomanaʻo i kapa ʻia ʻo “Letsatsi la Ngwao” ʻo ia hoʻi ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania, Botswana Culture Day.
Eia kekahi, ʻo kekahi ʻahaʻaina ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka Maitisong Festival, mālama ʻia i Malaki i kēlā me kēia makahiki a i nā lā ʻeiwa, hele ka poʻe i ke alanui e leʻaleʻa i nā hōʻike mele kuʻuna a i ʻole e nānā i nā mea pena e hana ana i nā hana noʻeau a me nā hana moʻomeheu.
Pono ka ʻai o ka ʻāina e ʻike. ʻO Seswaa, ka ʻiʻo mashed-up paʻakai, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka kīʻaha aupuni o Botswana a kū hoʻokahi i ka ʻāina. Eia nō naʻe, loaʻa koke nā mea ʻono a me nā paina ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina ʻo ʻApelika Hema ma nā hale ʻaina a me nā hale hoʻokipa a puni ka ʻāina e like me ka "bogobe" (porridge and millet sorghum) a i ʻole ka "miele pap pap," i lawe ʻia mai ka maile porridge.
Ma nā kua'āina, e ulu mau ana ke ola ma Botswana a puni nā lāʻau Baobab nui. ʻO ia kekahi o nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi o ka ʻāina a ma lalo o ka wā kahiko, ua kūkākūkā ʻia a hoʻoponopono ʻia nā pilikia koʻikoʻi kūloko akā ʻo nā hoʻoholo naʻauao i lawe ʻia no ka pono o ke kaiāulu a me nā ʻōlelo hoʻoholo i hāʻawi ʻia e nā lunakahiko hanohano o ke kauhale.
E hele i ka Botswana Tourism Investment Summit ma Nowemapa 22-24, 2023, e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻopaʻa inoa ma aneʻi www.investbotswana.uk
