Ha-Mandiwana, South Africa
Ha-Mandiwana
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Good for kidsToiletsNo restaurant
Wheelchair-accessible toilet
It's informative about the Venda culture and the Venda Kingdom.
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Doing excellent work for South African history and culture. Not much facilities yet, support is essential. The head of the facility was excellent, filling in on a public holiday on our tour, made this experience very memorable. Informal environment which makes it possible to get close and personal to the historical site.
It was a great experience, you get to learn about the Venda culture.
The Dzata Ruins are an archaeological site in Dzanani in the Makhado municipality, Vhembe district, in the north of South Africa. Scholars who have made a study of the various legends and traditions associated with the ruins, find it clear that they are many contradictions. Archaeological evidence has shed some lights on these events, but a great deal of work still remains to be done. It is certain that Dzata was built at an earlier date than many people are willing to admit. Radiocarbon dates suggest a beginning shortly after AD 1700, with an end some 50 to 60 years later. Documentary proof of this is found in Dutch records, which refer to an interview in 1730 with an African by the name of Mahumane, who had visited the kingdom of Thovhele some five years previously. Mahumane described a settlement built of dark-blue stone, with a wall enclosing the whole area. He also mentioned that the chief cities are made of the same stone. To date no stone-walled settlement has been found that is made of dark blue stone, other than Dzata. There is no doubt that Dzata was the capital of united Venda. It is not clear what the role of the legendary Thohoyandou was at this stage. It is highly unlikely that he could remain chief throughout this period of a minimum of 50 years that Dzata was the capital. Oral history indicates very strongly that it was after the disappearance of Thohoyandou that Dzata was abandoned, and the Venda nation fragmented once more into independent chiefdoms. It seems very likely that Thohoyandou expanded the Venda empire to cover areas as far south as the Olifants River near Phalaborwa. No doubt trade played an important role in this. Dzata ruins is now one of the national monuments in South Africa. Venture off the beaten track 50km north-east of Louis Trichardt on the R523 between Thohoyandou and Makhado and you’ll find the Museum of the Drum and Dzata ruins.
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Visit this majestic place to get a great viewing of the VhaVenda culture and their heritage from where it all began!
It holds information of Paramount importance to all African cultures more specific to Vhavenda tradition. A place of necessary history that occurred during/before apartheid. It also describes the origin of Vhavenda culture
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