Bere, Botswana
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Bere is a village in Ghanzi District
of Botswana
. It is located in the southern part of the district, and it has a primary school. The population was 385 in 2001 census. Bere is now one of the few places in the Central Kalahari where Persistence hunting
is still practised.
Ghanzi District
Ghanzi is a district in western Botswana, bordering Namibia in the west and extending east into much of the interior of the country. The district's administrative centre is the town of Ghanzi. Most of the eastern half of Ghanzi makes up the Central Kalahari Game Reserve...
of Botswana
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...
. It is located in the southern part of the district, and it has a primary school. The population was 385 in 2001 census. Bere is now one of the few places in the Central Kalahari where Persistence hunting
Persistence hunting
Persistence hunting is a hunting technique in which hunters use a combination of running and tracking to pursue prey to the point of exhaustion. While humans can sweat to reduce body heat their quadruped prey would need to slow from a gallop to pant. Today, it is very rare and seen only in a few...
is still practised.