ODOMARO OF LOVEDU (2000)  

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45.7cm x 61 cm (18" x 24")

Rain Queen
The Lovedu are situated in the North-eastern Transvaal near the village of the Devil's Kloof and bounded on the east by the Kruger National Park.

The main source of Odomaro's (Modjadi) authority came from the believe in her power to make or with-hold rain, which is essential to the prosperity of her people. She is praised as the transformer of the clouds. The forest of the sacred Cycad Trees has a part in the Queen's rites. These Cycads are living fossils and in the same form as their ancestors were 150 million years ago. It is said that these ancestors lived side by side with the Dinosaurs.

The Rain Queen of Lovedu was thousands of years old and renewed her youth and beauty by walking the flames of eternal youth. But she fell in love and lost her life when she told her lover the secret of the flames. The reincarnation of the Queen goes on: A Modjadi has ruled since 1800.

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