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it's a peaceful saturday afternoon in a rural community in botswana a sleepy little bit on the beach but not today. because today members of the country's heavy metal music scene have descended on. their the rock rockers in the local language of sets one of. the outfits are an integral part of the parade. and that applies in particular to the queen's. i. know. it's a scene dominated by men but one in which the women are establishing themselves.

they're right. in botswana is often called the garden of eden of africa but the okavango delta with its unique terrain and wildlife is a popular tourist destination the color hurry desert is a semi arid savannah scattered with scrub land it appears inhospitable but it is home to a range of exotic animals the tourism the diamonds and cattle the 3 pillars of the country's economy the herds of cows are free to roam and graze where they please it's a sign of prosperity as it always has been. for as much as people in botswana look to the future they remain rooted in tradition and that sense of tradition also

affects the position of women. queen glorious daily routine begins in less than regal fashion getting up at quarter past 5 every morning female members of the more rock are called queens the title was awarded as a sign of respect even if it has nothing to do with gender equality as such. i think it was all about it's. the african or this it's one. thing they the men is on top and they all moneys. because if i can remember they used to play and. they never even say come and play they that does teach you do they still it was just the men being you know men doing everything we have coming up with slowly we're coming up and hopefully we'll have a bent old man bent. base tell a little and then i can tell it. indeed they are but it's proved difficult for them

to set up their own bands with their own front women botswana is a vast country almost twice the size of germany for example but it's. numbers just 2000000 people. in. the queens of heavy metal only have their get togethers on a very special occasions when ludo lives in france as town a 5 hour drive away from queen gloria she's busy sewing together her i'll do it in 3 days' time she'll be out the rocks ember festival and the capital gaborone and wants to look her best and with botswana having no dedicated heavy metal fashion stores even the rivets have to be applied by and. accepted that some people that don't tip in the hollow need to rest and also i do appreciate

those who do come up to us and tell us we look good those who accept this will be. dead soon enough except that the ones that of judging us. before they get to know what this is of all because most of them feel like it's. just to do with creation but it doesn't don't yes to do with music. music and also a display of being self-confident strong enough or. to be the 3rd heavy metal queen of flora lives in already close to the south african border just 40 minutes away from gaborone. at 21 she's the youngest queen in sports a particular look. for signature style cowboy hats gloves her pants and waistcoat and plenty of fringe.

tailfins among them the queen's because i am only thinking. i had the ethnic. ac. and the way i feel it yes if only it could. yes because it is self centered cool. a desk and basically you know so this is an end of them with these you know things . once a year the. different backgrounds meet up at the biggest heavy metal event in the country gloria lives in my own a 9 hour drive away from florida. at home she's the single mother of her son elias . at the level that i. know. how i feel under her.

own. mother. says. that's. what. if you will. look at it this. is an easy thing to do. in botswana women are traditionally revered as the heart of the household however the reality paints a different picture that many women are the head of the household simply because they are single mothers for women. of metal seeing is an escape from their daily life. so.

yeah i made me crazy like even if. my little. made me feel. completes. 17 in the morning glory or sets off work in a shared taxi. while there are routes connecting the country's towns and cities public transportation within urban areas is practically nonexistent. in places like malone commuters only options are shared taxis or if they're in a rush private camps.

formally one of the poorest countries on the planet since gaining independence from britain in 1986 botswana has transformed itself into one of the most stable nations in africa that's also reflected in the country's education system. gloria left high school with only an intermediate certificate but she managed to earn herself an office job at a construction company which is currently building a lodge in the nearby okavango delta she does not have a permanent contract and doesn't know what will happen when her contract runs out. gloria's 1st task every morning is to stock up on office supplies and make coffee she's the secretary and odd job woman in the small construction firm.

thank you. feel. that. that's. what i do feel. like i. think you. crave. the dry season here in the north of

botswana lasts between 6 and 9 months and for the boss and his staff the dry season means the work season tourism tends to center on the 4 month rainy season beginning in december when the delta and its wildlife blossom. the proportion of women managers is continually rising in botswana gloria believes in the potential of women and is keen to indulge in her role as a queen of heavy metal. when it says we need this with less like a really light sleeper cell and have bases a lot even at home when i did days like days like that my ideal as they. think it is that they think that. gloria's office job enables her to make ends meet but her labor of love is the mountain rockers association a metal heads club where she can be an organizer and where she can let off

a bit of steam. for fans the world over heavy metal is an escape from the daily routine regardless of age group or profession but in botswana a country where the metal fans also face accusations of satanism takes a lot of courage and confidence to be on the rock. a. glorious 9 year old son and liars finds the club i'm a little off. when his mom's rocker buddies are in town he prefers his books to all the group pop. out of hanging out if the model and then told them that no i think we should form

an association and they told me that you know we tried filming it to me just didn't wait because some people would put in that site and put in those it is there but we can you know those people those people ingest that it's with 5 people and then that us can follow and that's what we did sold. as is as we started with going to help in this our fellow brothers who is disabled and like. make you. like helping cleaning the. hanging out together and people is that it is it that annoyed to us as they say that it would be the neil kinnock like they hate it for the kings of the soon to know they're more rock alter egos constitute freedom during the week they're pretty much trained to their desks the majority of the metal heads here have 9 to 5 office jobs working for the government. when they looked at the other model like i have been we. like full couple of years

and they came back as they'll see the same model and like they haven't done it in. it's not if that's done anything in these bad light they haven't changed even the to these guys that plays in bed. and then as they'd know we should start something the association that will help. the band members to help us is not all. about being phenols. events. like even up to come sailing or even going to test you know how to be as affected as you know and they all those things. and that that i think that's al like that's how how how i think the association will be input into. what we're going.

to have. gloria and the other members of her club are eager to improve the image of metal heads in their town and they also do volunteer community work together such as picking up litter in the neighborhood. in botswana wearing black leather and listening to metal is often considered satanist their clothing and imposing appearance are often met with fear and suspicion another thing the association wants to change but gloria herself has far more ambitious plans for the club she wants to see its members learning to help themselves and each other and. tomorrow the metal heads from our own will be traveling across the country to make their presence felt at a wedding. and. gloria is also organizing the group's

trip to the rock simper festival. with. but swan it is a land of profound contrasts as also applies to its natural terrain the calamari desert is a drive savannah. its northern section the okavango delta is prone to repeated flooding at the same time droughts and desertification pose major ecological problems the country is considered relatively progressive but cattle are prized to this day as a highly profitable investment and the metal scene is likewise an enigma but swan it is one of the few african countries where percussion is not celebrated in the local folk music but it's in this very country where drums play a huge role in

a particular music scene and that apparent contradiction is a major factor in the popularity of heavy metal among them are all. france's town of the 2nd biggest city in botswana is 6 hours away from our own and that's where queen ludo marina lives within the scene she's seen as the introverted but beautiful rock opera back in her father's home she's a carpenter fashioning wooden baby cribs it's a job that enables her to take care of her 9 year old daughter while also going against the grain of traditional gender roles. for the for. 5th. so. it's. a woman but someone should be an example

an example to all as kids and kidding yourself. a woman should be that's that's included within i think what keeps the fed. but to get that. a woman should be empowering yeah we should be i think it will. be. doing this kind of. makes me feel. powerful. it makes me feel good because i'm doing when it all. i'm doing something that a lot of people least expected me to do so in a pretty much enjoy surprising people. when it comes to them finding out that i do this because even when i go to buy the materials at the shops that i would is in a. suit who exploit who does best as make this time to see a t.

intersection. she builds cribs and bookshelves she discovered her love of design while at college and the courage to try out the masculine enterprise of carpentry is something she owns to her experience as a model. so it's. time you made will still be an example. of this to keep on moving we've always awesome in your life. although one man is important in her life her father. ed didn't even look that great a toy as it would taste after some shows so it was definitely him that she was giving him for that title. and i sit with my wife she just

about it gets she pointed to some places we have don't even know now if she's very good to be. with would do it. with all of these things as. i have taught. littlemore rima is a 2nd generation moroc her father nylon lani sexton was a leather clad metal head back in the 1980 s. the doors outfits are admired by her fellow queens. i go for. sale which has. more such also. made it look. and then i also can go for the bakers flook to leave they have a lot of stats jump in here that's only limited the amount and then 'd there's also the whole guild look i can also go for that. especially it just depends on my

mood i feel if i have to were a hostess to fear to go look if i had. baked a group of the bakers look better then if i had to show something or its profit to do the. look. she's not yet sure exactly which out that she'll be wearing for the rock summer festival that's something she'll decide together with her friend queen flora. what's wanted is a large but sparsely populated country that also means ample space for the millions of cows and donkeys. distances between cities are seemingly employers and contact within the rock scene relies heavily on social media every couple of months the festivals dotted around the country provide a chance for virtual friends to connect in real life it takes ludo around 7 hours

on the bus to travel from frances town to flora in all day. when it rains here mother nature pushes the pause button for a couple of hours and suddenly the streets are empty. the village of audi is only a 40 minute drive from the capital governor on but it seems like a world away the village appears almost deserted. flora lives together with her extended. family her mother her sisters and brothers and her son she knows everyone in the community but above all everyone knows her because being a moron makes her stand out. and

. the villagers are wary and skeptical toward new developments queen flora was 14 when she 1st heard of radio station playing the music that has given her life a new rhythm she says self confident and outgoing woman. the rocks are a close knit society it takes a lot of courage to join their exclusive rights. i didn't really get to meet her yes she is giving us the 1st day at will so me forever to the life of this. that the market for believe me and it's there never is there. is no escape that day the right to practice it still is did not get caught in a good deal while it was really a lady think of what it is that they think of what it is that. they have to listen

to. heavy metal fans around the world are used to negative stereotyping in botswana however those prejudices are so extreme that pastors at what are called fire churches rant and rail against the rockers some have even proposed members being subjected to an exorcism flora has a traditional lifestyle surrounded by her family her mother deplore among wa is the sole breadwinner. flora and her mother also feel responsible for the children of their relatives today they're looking after her cousin's baby. plays may cause it and. you can it is they've still been made but made it really. feeds they can't get in to see it is it is just a new place just. look at the least little concern the tennis will get it is going

. to be a queen noodle has now reached already after a 7 hour bus journey she's come to the village to prepare for the heavy metal festival with flora. in a few hours time the 2 queens will be welcoming the kings of the scene and their parade in florida leave. it. to. me to. deny todd akin to facebook that steve never met control but he was a good thing that. it is the easy. way to get to connect with david busch is a bevy of tests and status mentioned easy. to

get will missed little things because it. is just a then he designed this cuts the size and includes the aliens in the maze basically give this 2 weeks he takes you to 2 cubits in a quote it's mason nation builds. and it is it needs to be so that a few days the time it didn't matter their 1st ever meeting is a fascinating one in 2 metal queens are different in demeanor but do find similarities in the chain scenes filmed. every way and they kind of like a little. david field if it has. this small a it is good because the a fish you have a stake in this it would make lots of things that i should say.

this is the stated that he or she will feel. if they pass the time while waiting perfecting their outfits you can never spend too much time on your look a sizeable metal head group will be arriving soon to pick them up and take them to the festival these meetings are rare occasions and are celebrated in more rock fashion. people feel. this new kid says laughing laughing. and that is that is that i mean yet they have a lot of energy. so well all the expat seeing a lot of. days in the trades. that i can see as we should immediately used to assume with a species i must tell us

a little. that symbolism is very important to the model it's expressed in both rituals and in their attire and accessories. the moroc are late the rain has brought the village to a standstill rendering the main road impassable for a few hours. late. then suddenly they arrived the heavy metal queens and came. the rough greeting is a symbol that developed after violence became

a concern at gatherings the greeting is a demonstration that they come in peace and a symbol of the camaraderie in the group. wow. this is the 1st time newdow has met most of the other members in real life flora does know them personally but hasn't seen them for 2 years her then boyfriend gave her an ultimatum forcing her to choose between him and the local church congregation for the rockers. the chaps hats another cowboy accessories oh makes sense but the cowbells that some

of them are up where are meant to commemorate a time when runaway slaves were forced to wear them the more rock where the bells to honor them and as a reference to cowboy culture. good. enough and the. end of the dirty. little bit and. then it's time for the parade a core ritual of any gathering and the chance for the more rock to take center stage. was. they struck down the road as if on a fashion show. the runway showing themselves from their best and loudest song to more of consciously leads the parade past the church tent.

for how. the procession takes them all around the village a procession that takes cues from those of the major religions it symbolizes a concentration of power. the group having flora lead the parade through her village is unprecedented and she revels in every single step along the way having a 2 year absence from the gatherings for her it's a public affirmation of her identity for 2 years her boyfriend had forbidden her from meeting them or even just dawning her letters and.

flora and her music fan family are now back at her home od'ing wasn't on the group's route to the festival but they were happy to make a detour for flora. and that after years of suspicion her mother has now come to accept floor of being a queen none the less the spectacle unfolding outside her home is pretty overwhelming. going to be taking real. it is going to hit me he was in jail i was out. my family with the economic i thought i could. but i am so proud of you are all of the good. yeah that. sounds like the isolated incident and then let them out so it's only. elevator let out loud so

let's say that any of. these children only know the people from their own very much the seemingly otherworldly visitors leave a lasting impression. people in botswana are moving rapidly away from their traditional roots and that reorientation to the modern world involves frequent culture clash. a a a a a a. a a a. florist grandmother was the 1st to lose patience she has little understanding

for her granddaughter's new lifestyle. but queen ludo sees how important it is for flora to be able to combine her 2 worlds. there i like that's with all the holiday haven't seen him in more this small differences and was then it was . all quite a lot and they are the kids we had experience but we still i understand the significance. of our queen ludo loves her cowgirl role at home she's an independent single mother but here she's happy to immerse herself in this alternative role on another one of the. a little bit got there yeah well but let's get back to that what about. the group continues on to the rock summer festival many of them have traveled huge distances to get here and.

they have little heavy metal festivals take place every couple of months. some of the bands featured have made a name for themselves outside of botswana as well such as the next evening's headliners there are a skinflint. although not all broke but don't have all that long and all the about . 2 hours further north east of queen gloria and the more up association wake up and mama hop i. knew. that one but you know i'm a lover but. it's the weekend she's been gearing up for for months the festival and go over own where the glory of laura and ludo will be meeting up. likewise months in planning is the wedding of their friend to live with for that.

matter. why go. that out over the. old city cueto they almost. feel a little late and the gullible feel. we are getting ready to good to be assuaged who are coming here who is getting married saying that russell gonna study with him enjoy it with him separated they have. nobody to lay dresses and skins at us as he asked us what it is that you missed was still too late it's like a clue to.

help i is a mid-sized town with a population of 40000 located between francis town and gabber own the country's 2 biggest. cities as everywhere else in the world weddings are a very traditional affair in botswana her. the groom has taken quite a risk in inviting his rocker friends but labor is determined to have gloria and her friends attend his big day. his bride is not alone. it's the 1st time the association has been invited to a public event. so the rockers are eager to dress to impress in morocco style of course today they will again face those prejudices about satanism.

but still the group do initially enjoy in the open welcome from the other wedding guests who seem curious to say the least. the metal heads pay tribute to the groom. and he's happy to see his 2 worlds married in harmony.

the male members prefer to look for potential partners from within the group. live fire has made an exception and his bride accepts his special guests with. the warm welcome extended to the rockers here is a positive sign for gloria nevertheless she leaves the festivities early in order to continue to the music festival. the king's make themselves look comfortable i'll be with. meanwhile the guests are all equally looking forward to the wedding feast .

from omaha pi it's only a 2 hour drive to cover on when you're in a car at least and in a hurry straight down highway number one. gloria and her fellow metal heads love these road trips through the endless expanses of the savannah the drive means freedom in so many senses of the word gloria makes it too precious few festivals got her own is simply too far away from mount.

despite the searing heat. $35.00 degrees celsius in the shade and humidity in excess of 90 percent the moron transformed each stop on the road into an improvised mosh pit section. of. the rock summer festival is held every year in the capital governor on it features 3 local bands with rockers congregating from all over botswana.

the evening has a very special meaning for the 3 queens for respectively different reasons. gloria is taking the opportunity to just enjoy herself for what's cluedo combines business with pleasure managing to sell one of her custom made an outfit. for flora it marks a return to a life she's been missing for the last 2 years. for europeans this might look like a regular friday night in a dingy rocker bar but for these queens of heavy metal gloria ludo and flora it's the biggest event of the year. it's about seeing and being seen and living out

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