ලෙසොතෝ
මෙම රාජ්‍යයෙහි නිල නාමය 'ලෙසොතෝ රාජධානිය" නම් වේ. ලෙසොතෝ සිවි දෙසින්ම වට වී ඇත්තේ දකුණු අප්‍රිකානු ජනරජයෙනි. රටෙහි වපසරිය වර්ග කිලෝමීටර් 30,000 කට (වර්ග සැතපුම් 11583 කට ) මඳක් වැඩි ප්‍රමාණයකි. ඇස්තමේන්තු ගත ජනගහනය ආසන්න වශයෙන් 1,800,000 කි. එහි අගනරගය ද, විශාලම නගරයද වනුයේ 'මසේරු" ය. ලොව පිහිටි රටවල් අතරින් වඩාත්ම දකුණු දෙසින් වටවී පවතින රට වනුයේ ද ලෙසෝතෝ ය. එය පොදු රාජ්‍ය මණ්ඩලයේ සාමාජික රටකි. 'ලෙසෝතෝ' යනු 'ලෙසොතෝ' බස කථා කරන ජනතාවගේ රට යන්නෙහි දළ පරිවර්තනයකි. ජනගහනයෙන් සියයට 40% පමණ දිවි ගෙවනුයේ දිනකට අවම ජාත්‍යන්තර ආදායම් මට්ටම වන ඩොලර් 1.25 කටත් වඩා අඩු ආදායමක් ලබමිනි.
සංස්කෘතිය[සංස්කරණය]
The cuisine of Lesotho includes African traditions and British influences.[1] The national dish of Lesotho is Motoho, a fermented sorghum porridge. Some staple foods include pap or 'mealies', a cornmeal porridge covered with a sauce consisting of vegetables. Tea and locally brewed beer are choices for beverages. Lesotho is famed for its fermented ginger beer, of which, there are two types with and without raisins. These are regularly sold by people at roadsides thoroughout Lesotho. Sishenyama is regularly sold independently thoroughout Lesotho with side-dishes such as cabbage, pap and baked bean salad.[2]
British influence in Lesotho is visible through the remnants of trading posts that were operated from the 18th century into the 20th century.[3] These are in the villages Roma, Ramabantana, Ha Matela, Malealea and Semonkong. In the past these lodges were employed in the sale of fuel, grains, mealie meal and animals. Important in the times before the car was prevalent.
The national dress revolves around the Basotho blanket, a covering made originally of wool. Nowadays, the Basotho blanket is made out of acrylic fibres. The main manufacturer of the Basotho blanket is Aranda, which has a factory over the border in South Africa.
The Morija Arts & Cultural Festival is held annually in the town of Morija where missionaries arrived in 1833.
Examples of San rock art can be found in the mountains throughout Basutoland. There are examples in the village of Ha Matela.[4]
බසොතෝ පොනි[සංස්කරණය]
The Basotho pony is integral to the culture of Lesotho. The pony was historically ridden into battle and in the modern day used for transport and agriculture. The horsemanship of Lesotho is famed throughout Africa.[තහවුරු කර නොමැත]
සිනමාව සහ මාධ්‍ය[සංස්කරණය]
Ryan Coogler, director of the 2018 film Black Panther, stated that his depiction of Wakanda was inspired by Lesotho.[5][6] Basotho blankets "became more known" as a result of the film.[7] In November 2020, the film This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection became the first Lesotho film to be submitted for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film by the country.[8]
යොමු කිරීම්[සංස්කරණය]
- ↑ "Lesotho: British influence meets African tradition". foodspring. Archived from the original on 17 පෙබරවාරි 2015. සම්ප්‍රවේශය 1 අප්‍රේල් 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Ethnic Food of Lesotho". USA Today. 10 මාර්තු 2018 දින මුල් පිටපත වෙතින් සංරක්ෂණය කරන ලදී. සම්ප්‍රවේශය 1 මාර්තු 2018.
- ↑ "Explore Lesotho's Bygone Trading Posts". 27 April 2018.
- ↑ Walsham How, Marion (1962). The Mountain Bushmen of Basutoland. Pretoria: J. L. Van Schaik Ltd.
- ↑ "How 'Black Panther's' director fell in love with Lesotho & isiXhosa". TimesLIVE.
- ↑ Jones, Nate (15 February 2018). "A Brief History of Wakanda, Black Panther's Fictional Utopia". Vulture.
- ↑ "Black Panther made Basotho blankets world famous – but you wouldn't be able to tell that from local sales". BusinessInsider.
- ↑ Vourlias, Christopher (10 November 2020). "Oscar Debutant Lesotho Selects 'This Is Not a Burial' for International Feature Film Race". Variety. සම්ප්‍රවේශය 10 November 2020.