5 COMMON THINGS I NEVER SAW IN BOTSWANA🇧🇼 AS A NIGERIAN🇳🇬

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  • @Naijamuminaustralia
    @Naijamuminaustralia 2 роки тому +22

    I am loving Botswana already very coordinated country

  • @shumiraincube7709
    @shumiraincube7709 2 роки тому +12

    In Bots funerals are sombre and very dignified no screaming and falling , drama like us Shona people in Zim, they are calm and dignified , mourning is like a week with daily evening prayers in evenings , burial on Saturdays, services start very early morning. On mentally unstable people . I saw about 5 in one day in Serowe.

    • @helengeorgeslifestyle
      @helengeorgeslifestyle  2 роки тому

      Serious 😳😂 i hardly see any here

    • @modisenthomiwa3372
      @modisenthomiwa3372 Рік тому +1

      100% spot on on funerals. On mental challenged people, there are there but all controlled through medication not to harm the public including rapping. women. All are taken care of through public health systems.

  • @poshmatsh4056
    @poshmatsh4056 2 роки тому +8

    I enjoy your vedios my dear. From Tlokweng Botswana

  • @gertrudes6636
    @gertrudes6636 2 роки тому +8

    You know a similarity I observed recently is people selling ice lollies in the middle of the road , especially at the traffic lights . Although they are not many , that really reminded me of Nigeria where even small children are ducking behind and beside cars hassling ; much respect .I think most of the differences are to do with population size

  • @brimo904
    @brimo904 9 місяців тому +1

    Some parts of Botswana were customarily very strict when it comes to food eaten after burial, some cultures did not allow salt on the meat, and to the extent that food were served on your bare hands, very hot so that you would not enjoy, because it was a time of mourning.

  • @kagoselebatso
    @kagoselebatso 2 роки тому

    Mazezuru

  • @moratiditshwanelo2640
    @moratiditshwanelo2640 2 роки тому +15

    We used to have paraffin stoves in the early 1990s. We are no longer using them. We no longer use paraffin for cooking.

    • @helengeorgeslifestyle
      @helengeorgeslifestyle  2 роки тому +1

      Cant believe they were once used here wow! We still use them in Nigeria

  • @the8thchurch461
    @the8thchurch461 2 роки тому +13

    Darling, you are near 1,000 000 subscribers! Wow. You are doing excessively well. You are sure going places. Wish you every success. Regarding funerals, Batswana are very reserved and funerals are sombre affairs. I once heard a Nigerian woman say that in Nigeria, people dance and cry when they hear of a death to remember their own dead. Not so in Botswana. Someone once said Batswana's reserved nature appears to have come from British colonialism. When someone dies, they are sent to a mortuary where they stay for a week to allow friends and relatives to come to the funeral. In that week, people gather every evening for prayer and hymn singing. They then have something to eat/drink, have a chat and go home. Then on the day of the funeral, there is the main church service if the person was a believer, then to the resting place. Afterwards people return to the home of the deceased where there is a formal submission of what killed them, i.e. the illness or whatever else. Then people eat/drink and go home. That is the end of it. As for people with compromised mental health, there used to be a man in the village I grew up who used to just walk around and that was in the 70s! As you said, they are not seen walking around everywhere. It has to be a good thing then because they could potentially harm people so as they are not visible in society, it can only mean that families are getting the support they need and there are facilities around the country for housing/treating those in need. Its wrong that people with mental health issues should be loitering alone in the streets. Very tragic indeed as it means they do not have anyone or any family to look after them. Very upsetting indeed. And what of the Nigerian government? It should support those people and help them get back to health or something close to it. All very sad indeed.

    • @helengeorgeslifestyle
      @helengeorgeslifestyle  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you the 8th you are the papa of this channel may i keep attracting people like you bro i appreciate your support 😫🙏🙏💕 and thank you for taking out time to explain this to us, for the mad people in Nigeria our Govt has no business with them hence they wallow on the street attacking and embrasing people

    • @mamelloisme1496
      @mamelloisme1496 2 роки тому +1

      You said it all The 8th Church. That's exactly it on the funeral and mentally challenged people topic 🙌

    • @SediMha
      @SediMha 2 роки тому

      I don't think Batswana's reserved is from British colonialism but it's from Tswana culture itself, if you look at the idioms, proverbs encourage that culture and observe the histotical traditional architecture and the original attire as well. Many Africans other countries were colonized by Britain but they still have their vibrance and are not so reserved.
      If you go to Maun you will see a few people with mentalillness n the streets. Weirdly I have never heard of any of them attacking anyone maybe that's why they have not been taken to an institution.
      You are correct about everything else.

    • @the8thchurch461
      @the8thchurch461 2 роки тому +1

      @@SediMha You are probably right about Batswana reserve not coming from Britain. After all we were not really colonised but were treated as equals as it was not a settlers' colony. Still, there is something about us Batswana that isn't as African as other Africans. I remember back in the 80s when people wanted to reject European dress and start embracing African dress sense. Why was that? I remember one South African man accusing Batswana of thinking they were English in the way they liked speaking the Queen's English. Do we even have traditional dress that is modern and can be worn with pride like Nigerians do? I may be wrong but I tend to think that we absorbed the English culture willingly as we were not oppressed like other Africans. But as I said, you could be right.

    • @Pk-lx4gh
      @Pk-lx4gh 2 роки тому +1

      @@the8thchurch461 hmmm didn't we debate this issue of Botswana being simple at heart? Isn't the same as saying they are reserved.

  • @malpheshopeshy55
    @malpheshopeshy55 2 роки тому +6

    As for mad people there is a hospital for mad people in a place called Lobatse. The hospital is called Sabrana, It is actually a very big institution. there mentally disturbed are given so much care and love. The nurses and doctors there are so loving and patient. Most of them (patient) recover and taken back to their families/society.

  • @melodysibanda9698
    @melodysibanda9698 2 роки тому +1

    Tape water is safe i think thats why

  • @scoutnwa1032
    @scoutnwa1032 9 місяців тому

    How is plumbing business in Botswana

  • @obedeluwa3793
    @obedeluwa3793 3 місяці тому

    hello hellen how are you and your family.

  • @mamelloisme1496
    @mamelloisme1496 2 роки тому +3

    Congrats Helen on your growth🎊🎈🎉Im really excited for you. May you grow more 'n more IJN. Kerosene or paraffin. I dont see paraffin stoves in shops locally. Paraffin can only be bought from gas station or what is called service/filling stations and its used for lighting in most cases by those who dont yet have the electricity supply but then again the Bots Power Utility has been busy for years now with the connection of power even in remote villages bc burning paraffin can be hazardous e.g fire accidents/fumes etc. Yes Pure Water is not available here. Ive only seen it on Naija movies -:)

    • @helengeorgeslifestyle
      @helengeorgeslifestyle  2 роки тому

      Amen thank you so much for the sincere prayer i appreciate you 💕 thanks for explaining the paraffine buhaha😁 yes they show pure water a lot on Nigerian movies

  • @alohgoodness425
    @alohgoodness425 2 роки тому +2

    Wow congratulations on your 700 subscribers

  • @livinghealthierandhappier
    @livinghealthierandhappier 2 роки тому +3

    Woow I am enjoying to know things about Botswana like is so cool that's why I don't see people from Botswana here in abroad honestly I never met one apart from Neo about the mad people in Africa is just the same Nigeria mad people every where thanks for sis ❤️ very interesting to know

    • @helengeorgeslifestyle
      @helengeorgeslifestyle  2 роки тому

      Yeah they hardly leave their country because they are so comfortable, Nigeria mad people everywhere 😀😀 thanks for watching mummy jane 💜

  • @gertrudes6636
    @gertrudes6636 2 роки тому +3

    Funeral gatherings we do too sis . For all the time the body is at the mortuary people gather at the home of the deceased ; praying , singing, eating and comforting the loved ones . It's a very expensive affair . On the night before the burial , there is a night vigil with all night singing, prayer, food , sharing memories of deceased , preaching etc .By the way Botswana has many tribes who may do things differently

  • @kea1144
    @kea1144 2 роки тому +1

    Great content 👌 love from Francistown

  • @ekwuruibemarshalnnamdi9239
    @ekwuruibemarshalnnamdi9239 2 роки тому +1

    Nice one sis . Abeg make videos on the process of how people can come to Botswana from other part of Africa...and the cost of coming to Botswana

    • @helengeorgeslifestyle
      @helengeorgeslifestyle  2 роки тому

      Thank you so much my Brother chaii i really wish i know but i dont, you can check Botswana Embassy at Abuja im sure they will put you through.

  • @modirile3108
    @modirile3108 2 роки тому +1

    most of the things that you say you have not seen happens in the village eg. gathering for funerals,mentally disturbed people.Most people when they die are burried in their home villages.Its only a few burried in towns

  • @eubertnyakabau4265
    @eubertnyakabau4265 2 роки тому +1

    Kerosene Stove is paraffin stove and are very rare now in Botswana, most people use gas, electricity or fire wood
    The paraffin sold in Botswana is very good when it burns it doe not smoke toomuch

  • @ruthmolefhe4853
    @ruthmolefhe4853 2 роки тому

    Hi!helen do a video for your fellow Nigeruans who want to come to Botswana on work visa

  • @kagoselebatso
    @kagoselebatso 2 роки тому

    Parafin stove

  • @teemarks8527
    @teemarks8527 Рік тому +1

    Kerosene = paraffin. A paraffin/kerosene using stove is a "PRIMUS STOVE." Goggle "primus stove," I think you'll find it....or paraffin stove.

  • @kenobi5788
    @kenobi5788 2 роки тому +3

    So you no dey hear pure water juru ezigbo oyi 😁

  • @LifesBANANAtoo
    @LifesBANANAtoo 2 роки тому +10

    Good observations. I think the difference between Nigeria and Botswana is obviously the size of the population. No wonder in Nigeria it appears as if mentally challenged people are more visible than in Botswana. Also, historically mentally challenged people were shunned. so Batswana have a culture of not recognizing their presence. We simply ignore them, we don’t entertain/ give them attention/ mock them. I think this may have driven them out of the public. Whether it’s a good thing or not can be established. These are just speculations by the way. Can be corrected.

    • @helengeorgeslifestyle
      @helengeorgeslifestyle  2 роки тому

      Very true im sure population plays a big role, In Nigeria they get attention especially when they are dancing naked you see people gather to watch and dash them money 😁 Thank you Bolivia i see your suport sis i so appreciate 😫💕💕

    • @LifesBANANAtoo
      @LifesBANANAtoo 2 роки тому

      @@helengeorgeslifestyle your content is great. We may differ here and there but overall we appreciate your view on BW.

    • @emekarichard
      @emekarichard 2 роки тому

      Yeah, that's partially true because there are merit and demerits to overpopulation. The merits are that the labor force in Nigeria is huge. There's also a market for practically anything you have to offer for sale. Apart from the fact that some government policies incapacitate businesses here.

    • @loratomotsietsi5583
      @loratomotsietsi5583 2 роки тому

      They are not many in cities because of cost of living n logistics of keeping them safe, they are in villages although still not as many and not as grossly disturbed such as walking naked, I've never seen any walking naked my whole life

  • @bolokangmpoma
    @bolokangmpoma 2 роки тому +2

    Here in Botswana they sell 500ml of cold water in bottles, if you go to the bus rank... you will see ladies and gents creaming.....metsi!!! metsi! Meaning water...its probably around P5
    As for kerosene stove we dont have...there used to be paraffin stop but paraffin is not there anymore...so gas has taken over!
    Funerals in Botswana are sacred....we maintain silence during the mourning week...on the day of funeral there is a service lead by prayers and burial is done at the cemetery. We bury in the morning

    • @helengeorgeslifestyle
      @helengeorgeslifestyle  2 роки тому

      Wow! Thank you for taking out time to explain these now know better 🧚‍♀️thank you so much💕

  • @tapologomabotho4366
    @tapologomabotho4366 2 роки тому

    Bazezuru it is

  • @chikajudith648
    @chikajudith648 2 роки тому +1

    Really hawkers are not on the streets??? Woow! The country is so organized

  • @vmadethebeat2
    @vmadethebeat2 2 роки тому

    Niceeee earrings 🔥 Respect! Peace and blessings

  • @canahB
    @canahB 2 роки тому

    Sharing gifts during a funeral... 🙆

  • @jkbbotswana5003
    @jkbbotswana5003 2 роки тому +1

    Oh, most of those hawkers are called "Mazezuru"!

    • @helengeorgeslifestyle
      @helengeorgeslifestyle  2 роки тому

      Wow! Mazezuru okay. thanks for the input sir 🙏💕

    • @the8thchurch461
      @the8thchurch461 2 роки тому +1

      And tell her where Mazezuru originate. They are originally from Zimbabwe Helen and although they have been in the country from time immemorial, they have never really integrated so its sad to say they are not really seen as Batswana. I may be wrong to say this but that is my understanding at least. I think they just curbed their identity and protected it by not mingling with Batswana and its mostly to do with their religion.

    • @helengeorgeslifestyle
      @helengeorgeslifestyle  2 роки тому +2

      @@the8thchurch461 yeah i noticed they dont behave like motswana plus they are always on white that is how i know them 😁

    • @Pk-lx4gh
      @Pk-lx4gh 2 роки тому +1

      @@the8thchurch461 Mazezuru are also found in Zambia and they are exactly the same everywhere even the trades they partake in.

    • @ogone1465
      @ogone1465 2 роки тому

      @@helengeorgeslifestyle religion

  • @chikajudith648
    @chikajudith648 2 роки тому

    You look so beautiful sis. Atleast I have seen wig to tap when I come to Botswana 🤣🤣🤣🤣your hair is so beautiful sis

  • @Pk-lx4gh
    @Pk-lx4gh 2 роки тому +4

    You know that pure water thing is actually a business idea, I mean if people can move cool time they can move satchet water.

    • @helengeorgeslifestyle
      @helengeorgeslifestyle  2 роки тому +2

      Yes oo its a good business idea just like cool time and ice pop people who cant afford bottle water can easily buy pure water

    • @Pk-lx4gh
      @Pk-lx4gh 2 роки тому

      I was like 🤫

    • @emekarichard
      @emekarichard 2 роки тому +1

      Unless maybe it's outlawed by the government of Botswana as it is in Rwanda. In Rwanda, they don't use nylon bags and so there's no sachet water there.

    • @MrMoreri
      @MrMoreri 2 роки тому

      So Pure Water is not actually pure water it's sachet water?

    • @helengeorgeslifestyle
      @helengeorgeslifestyle  2 роки тому +1

      @@MrMoreri yes it is not pure pure as it sounds its just a sachet water 😁

  • @khumosibisibi5490
    @khumosibisibi5490 2 роки тому

    Today um not that late...

  • @loratomotsietsi5583
    @loratomotsietsi5583 2 роки тому +1

    With the mad people n funerals, it clearly shows you stay in town, funerals happen mainly in villages here, n so are mad people though still not as many. Funerals are also a little bit sacred, no street posting n all, most of the time, you need to be there to know what's happening.. On another note, I enjoy your videos, they are making us learn about Nigeria too as people living in Bots...

  • @babatundeodebiyi
    @babatundeodebiyi 2 роки тому

    Una get agege bread there?

  • @khumosibisibi5490
    @khumosibisibi5490 2 роки тому +4

    The hair style today is wow🔥🔥

  • @moratiditshwanelo2640
    @moratiditshwanelo2640 2 роки тому +1

    Why called pure water? Is it different from our tap water?

    • @ogone1465
      @ogone1465 2 роки тому +1

      I think it is similar to bottled water

    • @Pk-lx4gh
      @Pk-lx4gh 2 роки тому +2

      It's just like bottled water only that it's packed like cooltime.

    • @helengeorgeslifestyle
      @helengeorgeslifestyle  2 роки тому

      Its just normal water packed like cool time in Nigeria we call it "pure water"

    • @mamelloisme1496
      @mamelloisme1496 2 роки тому

      @@Pk-lx4gh packaged in sachets which are bigger in size than the Cool Time pack

    • @Pk-lx4gh
      @Pk-lx4gh 2 роки тому

      @@mamelloisme1496 no they are just about the same size.

  • @alohgoodness425
    @alohgoodness425 2 роки тому

    1st to comment 💃💃💃💃💃

  • @ogone1465
    @ogone1465 2 роки тому +1

    I saw pure water on Nigerian movies

  • @tapologomabotho4366
    @tapologomabotho4366 2 роки тому +1

    We actually have mad people around 😅😂 mostly in villages. Maybe you don't have much exposure to that since you stay in a city.
    Please find time and visit Mochudi. It's just 40km from Gaborone.

    • @helengeorgeslifestyle
      @helengeorgeslifestyle  2 роки тому +1

      Serious 😁 may be because gabs is a city i dont see them here, i cannt wait to explore Botswana beyond Gabs.

  • @meshackgaolathe6492
    @meshackgaolathe6492 2 роки тому

    Paraffin/Kerosene. Sold at petrol station

  • @lloydsonn6384
    @lloydsonn6384 2 роки тому

    dare dance at a funeral.... :D

  • @chidinmaruthyoung9880
    @chidinmaruthyoung9880 2 роки тому

    Babes
    Congratulations on your growth
    717 subscribers
    Your going places

  • @rorisangsizwemoakofi8930
    @rorisangsizwemoakofi8930 2 роки тому

    that wheelbarrow had me rolling

  • @ramatselaletang9636
    @ramatselaletang9636 2 роки тому +1

    You are very very beautiful by the way

  • @tumelomasalelaleposo8735
    @tumelomasalelaleposo8735 2 роки тому

    We call it Paraffin
    Mazezuru

  • @rda-gama2567
    @rda-gama2567 2 роки тому

    I thought you moved back to Nigeria !🇳🇬

  • @gladysmoruti
    @gladysmoruti 2 роки тому +1

    In funeral we have a mourning period of 7 days or less before we bury. It's a sad time for us. No celebration.. Mad people are everywhere in Gabz

    • @helengeorgeslifestyle
      @helengeorgeslifestyle  2 роки тому +1

      Wow! I thought as much that is good burial should be a sad time and not celebration time like we do. How come i dont see them mad people here i dont believe o 😁

    • @takalanimashu6057
      @takalanimashu6057 2 роки тому +1

      Abnormal illness or psychiatric disorders is found in any community in the world, i think the worst ones in Botswana are being taken care of either by the gvt or families. . Usually they are on 💊 which helps too.

    • @helengeorgeslifestyle
      @helengeorgeslifestyle  2 роки тому

      @@takalanimashu6057 wow! Okay

  • @ogone1465
    @ogone1465 2 роки тому +5

    Kerosene stoves are obsolete in 🇧🇼

  • @myownspace7004
    @myownspace7004 2 роки тому

    But I wish to visit Nigeria

  • @alohgoodness425
    @alohgoodness425 2 роки тому +1

    Lol that mad people got me laughing 😝
    That’s what happens in a country where the government’s are coordinated …..

  • @moratiditshwanelo2640
    @moratiditshwanelo2640 2 роки тому +1

    You have never seen a keke car in Botswana.

  • @tapologomabotho4366
    @tapologomabotho4366 2 роки тому

    Kerosene stove in Botswana would be paraffin stove. They are there just that they are rare these days.

  • @ClementOfremu-uy3wo
    @ClementOfremu-uy3wo 7 місяців тому

    Nigeria have no government

  • @ezealaamarachi2421
    @ezealaamarachi2421 2 роки тому

    You have never witnessed burial ceremony in Botswana, that means they no de die like Nigerians, ok ooooo!!!!

  • @thatolijane-tlhomelang5410
    @thatolijane-tlhomelang5410 2 роки тому

    It's called paraffin not kerosene here

  • @thepowerofaninnocentmind8011
    @thepowerofaninnocentmind8011 2 роки тому

    Mad people are in the mental hospital in Lobatse and funerals are done in the villages

  • @joe_lubinda
    @joe_lubinda 2 роки тому

    Water sachets arrived in Zambia in 2019 thanks to indians 😂😂 I saw them before I left.

  • @sehakgale
    @sehakgale 2 роки тому

    Naija no gey carry last.

  • @rejoicerandazha1509
    @rejoicerandazha1509 3 місяці тому

    Botswana does not celebrate funerals. They cry quietly. And they will cook food and kill a few cows depending on what you can afford.

  • @masjm7278
    @masjm7278 2 роки тому +2

    A loss of IRREPLACEABLE Human Life is Not Celebrated by dancing and Partying, lets s Juxtapose this to YOU loosing a House a Car or your WALLET !! Are you going to Celebrate by Partying and Dancing?? No wonder PEOPLES life Has No Value in such a CULTURE.it looks like You wait for SOMEBODY to Die in order to KICK UP some PARTY, a Very Strange Culture .WE mourn our DEARLY Departed because it SAD occasion. That is Why WE REMEMBER our HEROES who SACRIFICED .their Lives for our LIBERTY.

    • @LifesBANANAtoo
      @LifesBANANAtoo 2 роки тому +5

      Come on now. Respect other people’s culture. How can you understand their culture if you don’t allow yourself to listen without describing their culture as strange. You’re creating false associations here. It’s an insult to suggest that the way they mourn correlates with ‘lack of value for human life’ whatever that means. If you’re a Motswana check yourself. That’s not how we approach cultural differences. Your argument doesn’t have to be painted with an ignorance brush. And yes you’re entitled to an opinion even if it’s rubbish. I know that.

    • @the8thchurch461
      @the8thchurch461 2 роки тому

      @@LifesBANANAtoo Exactly. I wanted to reply to this individual but was afraid of what they might say as they appear to be rude. I was going to say it's infact not at all about kicking up a party. Who would? It's a mourning ceremony where people actually cry. The "dance" can't really be a dance if one is weeping.

    • @kasikwagoma6740
      @kasikwagoma6740 2 роки тому

      @@LifesBANANAtoo don't you have a tswana name, African names are so beautiful with lots of meaning.

    • @LifesBANANAtoo
      @LifesBANANAtoo 2 роки тому

      @@kasikwagoma6740 May I ask why you want to know?

    • @gertrudes6636
      @gertrudes6636 2 роки тому

      I don't think there is a wrong or right way to mourn . Each to their own , they have their reason for doing things that way .

  • @leboleamantle805
    @leboleamantle805 2 роки тому

    Mama Austin you should listen to Botswana’s national anthem and tell us what you think❤️❤️🇧🇼

    • @helengeorgeslifestyle
      @helengeorgeslifestyle  2 роки тому +1

      😅😅😅 will I even understand the lyrics 😅okay I will try

    • @leboleamantle805
      @leboleamantle805 2 роки тому

      @@helengeorgeslifestyle we will translate the lyrics

    • @helengeorgeslifestyle
      @helengeorgeslifestyle  2 роки тому

      @@leboleamantle805 okay 😅❤️😍❤️😍

    • @portiaphillip4512
      @portiaphillip4512 2 роки тому

      @@helengeorgeslifestyle we have it in the English version 🤣🙈😍

  • @malebs8332
    @malebs8332 2 роки тому

    I think what you call pure water is the bottled water

    • @helengeorgeslifestyle
      @helengeorgeslifestyle  2 роки тому

      No we have bottle water and we also have sachet water they are different

    • @malebs8332
      @malebs8332 2 роки тому

      @@helengeorgeslifestyle ok

  • @theshieldsmagic
    @theshieldsmagic 2 роки тому

    First let's talk about the hairstyle... it is fire and suits you!! You know we thought food hawking to homes is only in Movies, woow!! You are not the first to make that observation about finding mentally challenged persons loitering in malls, even homeless people are rare to find.

    • @helengeorgeslifestyle
      @helengeorgeslifestyle  2 роки тому

      Thanks for the compiments babes🧚‍♀️ thank you 💕💕 No food hawkers are everywhere in 9ja. now you agreed with me mad people are rare to find here in my country they are so common .