The document discusses the traditional Basotho practice of letsema, where communities would come together to assist with labor-intensive tasks. Some examples of letsema activities described include harvesting crops, building houses, and herding livestock. Letsema helped Basotho complete difficult work more quickly and promoted cooperation, friendship and goodwill between people. It also discusses the tools and processes used for various letsema activities like harvesting millet, building enclosures, and herding cattle.

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LETSEMA
Ka Mphonyane Marumo

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Surname: Marumo
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SELELEKELA
• Basotho ba khale ba ne ba ratana hoo ba neng ba thusana ho phetha
mesebetsi e meng e itseng. Le mehleng ena ho ntse ho na le metseng
eo ho ntseng ho etsoa matsema. Letsema le bonts’a lerato, khotso le
boiketlo boo Basotho ba neng ba phelisana ka tsona.

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Letsema ke eng?
• Letsema ke mokhoa oo Basotho ba neng ba o sebelisa ho
thusana ho phetha mesebetsi e boima.
• Mesebetsi e boima ekaba ho ratha patsi, ho hela joang, ho
pola mabele, ho lema, ho fala lekoko,ho hlaola j.j.

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Mefuta ea letsema
Ho pola mabele,
Ho kotula lijo masimong,
Ho ratha le ho paka patsi,
Ho fala lekoko j.j.
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Ho pola mabele
• Ho rengoa likoto tse sebelisoang ho pola, ha banna ba ntse
ba pola ba se bile ba ntse ba hlokola mabele ba a lokisetsa
hore basali ba tle ba a nke ba a olose.

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Ho pola mabele
• Ha banna ba ntse ba pola ba bile ba hlokola mabele, basali ba
tla nka mabele a seng a hlokotsoe ebe ba a olosa, ha ho ntse
ho olosoa ho shejoa moo maelane a hlahang teng.
• Maelane a shejoa ka ho besa ‘moko, moo mosi o lebang teng
ke moo maelane a eang teng.

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Lijo tse phehoang ha ho poloa mabele
• Ha banna le bahlankana ba ntse ba sebetsana le ho pola ebe
basali ba tla nka mabele a mang ba phehe nyakafatane.
• Hona le tse ling tse phehoang hae tse tla jeoa pele likhobe
libutsoa ha banna ba qeta ho pola.

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Mofuta o mong ke ho fala lekoko
• Kamora mokete kapa lefu moo ho hlabuoeng khomo banna
ba memeloa ho fala lekoko.
• Ho binoa lipina tsa mokorotlo banna ba ea ithoka.
• Ho phehoa nama le lijo tse ling.
• Lijo li ts’eloa holima lekoko ‘me ho jelloa holima lona.

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Lisebelisoa tsa ho fala lekoko
• Ho sebelisoa lithupa tse bitsoang litharisa ho tharisa lekoko.
• Ha lekoko le qeta ho tharisoa eba banna ba tla sebelisa
mehoma e bohale ho fala lekoko.
• Banna ba bina mokorotlo ha ba ntse ba fala.

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Ho fala lekoko
• Ha banna ba qeta ho fala ba ngoatheloa lijo ‘me lijo tseno li
tśeloa holima lekoko leno.
• Banna ba tla bokana ba jelle hona mono kaofela.

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Mofuta o mong ke ho hlaola
• Ka nako ea ho hlaola basali, baroetsana, bahlankana le banna
ba tla memeloa letsemeng la ho hlaola.
• Emong le emong o tla le mohoma oa hae o khoesitsoeng.
• Ha mosebetsi o felile bohle ba tla fuoa lijo tseo ba li
phehetsoeng.

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Qetello
• Letsema le thusa Basotho haholo ha mesebetsi e le boima, ho
latela Mat’sela boitlhompho le tlhomphano li nelehetsana le
tsotello le thusano ea batho. Moo lerato la ‘nete le renang
batho ba ea thusana. Hona ke ho bonts’a hore batho ba khale
ba ne ba e na le moea oa thusano.

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REFERENCES
• Mats’ela, Z.A(1990).BOCHABA BA BASOTHO.
Maseru:Mazenod Printing Works
• Mr Emile Mphefu