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event is held in Mapoka every year at a special place called Gumbu. The dancers, called "wosana", dress in black clothes, don black and white beads, and they dance to Mwali (God) pleading for rain. Like all the villages in North East when it comes to the festive season, the village comes to life. All
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There is one primary school and one secondary school in the village. Mapoka Primary School is famous nationally for being one of the oldest in the country and for having educated some of the country's most prominent figures. Past graduates of the school include Botswana's former chief justice
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Football is a major spectacle in the village, generating money for the whole village - however, this is typically an end of the year activity where a few local teams are engaged in soccer tournaments.
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Mapoka village is also home to Batanani Junior Secondary School. This school has boarding facilities and takes students from several nearby villages.
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There is a local police station, a clinic with maternity ward, a post office and several small scale retail/general dealer stores.
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working professionals who are based in the cities use the holidays to visit their parents and families.
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Mapoka is located in Botswana
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North-East District
Botswana
Nlapkhwane
Moroka
Masukwane
rock paintings
Tsodilo Hills
Zimbabwe
rain making dance
Julian Nganunu
Charles Tibone
Phandu Skelemani
Knight Maripe
Botswana People's Party
Milenje City Kealotswe
Josia Moswela
University of Botswana
Richard Tabulawa
Badala Tachilisa Balule

Festus Mogae
"Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos"
the original
"Distribution of population by sex by villages and their associated localities: 2001 population and housing census"
the original
"The Rain Praying Music of the Bakalanga of Botswana and Zimbabwe"
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2868278

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