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A mokorotlo is a type of straw hat widely used for traditional Sotho clothing Lesotho flag at the Sani Pass border post. The current national flag of Lesotho, adopted on the 40th anniversary of Lesotho's independence on 4 October 2006, [2] features a horizontal blue, white, and green tricolour with a black mokorotlo (a Basotho hat) in the center.
Lesotho (/ l ɪ ˈ s uː t uː / ⓘ lih-SOO-too, [6] [7] Sotho pronunciation: [lɪˈsʊːtʰʊ]), formally the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. As an enclave of South Africa , with which it shares a 1,106 km (687 mi) border, [ 8 ] it is the only sovereign enclave in the world outside of the Italian Peninsula .
Mokorotlo. A mokorotlo is a type of straw hat widely used for traditional Sotho clothing, and is the national symbol of Lesotho and the national symbol of the Basotho and Lesotho peoples. An image of the Mokorotlo appears on the Lesotho flag, and on Lesotho vehicle license plates. The design is believed to have been inspired by the conical ...
Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona. " Lesōthō Fatše La Bo-Ntat'a Rōna " (English: "Lesotho, Land of Our Fathers") is the national anthem of Lesotho. The lyrics were written by French missionary François Coillard and Swiss missionary Adolphe Mabille, and the music is taken from an 1820 hymnal composed by Swiss composer Ferdinand-Samuel Laur.
Eritrea ( / ˌɛrɪˈtriːə / ⓘ ERR-ih-TREE-ə or /- ˈtreɪ -/ -TRAY-; [ 17][ 18][ 19] Tigrinya: ኤርትራ, romanized: Ertra, pronounced [ʔer (ɨ)trä] ⓘ ), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the ...
The coat of arms of Lesotho was adopted on 4 October 2006, after Lesotho 's 40th anniversary of independence. Pictured is a crocodile on a Basotho shield. This is the symbol of the dynasty of Lesotho's largest ethnicity, the Bakoena. Behind the shield there are two crossed weapons, an assegai (lance) and a knobkierie (club).
Sotho is a Southern Bantu language belonging to the Niger–Congo language family within the Sotho-Tswana branch of Zone S (S.30) . "Sotho" is also the name given to the entire Sotho-Tswana group, in which case Sesotho proper is called "Southern Sotho". Within the Sotho-Tswana group, Southern Sotho is also related to Lozi ( Silozi ), with which ...
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