Earthenware pottery-making skills in Botswana’s Kgatleng District

Earthenware pottery-making skills in Botswana’s Kgatleng District

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Botswana ceramics are generally made by women in the Katelen district of southeastern Botswana, figure1 shows some of the classic ceramics. The process of making pottery usually involves female potters designing and making pottery using natural materials such as clay, iron oxide, cow dung, grass and water. The pottery-making skills of the Kgatleng District of Botswana were inscribed on Urgent Safeguarding List on December 4, 2022. Pottery making in Botswana is important to human civilization and the diversity of world cultures. Jars were once an indispensable item in local life. In addition to being used as storage and cooking containers, the pottery was also used for ancestral rituals and traditional healing ceremonies. The shapes, design styles, and uses of pottery reflect the daily lives of the people in the community, local traditional rituals, and regional religious beliefs

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Botswana ceramics are generally made by women in the Katelen district of southeastern Botswana, figure1 shows some of the classic ceramics. The process of making pottery usually involves female potters designing and making pottery using natural materials such as clay, iron oxide, cow dung, grass and water. The pottery-making skills of the Kgatleng District of Botswana were inscribed on Urgent Safeguarding List on December 4, 2022. Pottery making in Botswana is important to human civilization and the diversity of world cultures. Jars were once an indispensable item in local life. In addition to being used as storage and cooking containers, the pottery was also used for ancestral rituals and traditional healing ceremonies. The shapes, design styles, and uses of pottery reflect the daily lives of the people in the community, local traditional rituals, and regional religious beliefs