Their modes of dress, the objects they produce and the rites they perform reinforce their role as the upholders of tradition and sustainers of the rural economy in the face of urbanization and in the absence of their menfolk, most of whom have been absorbed into the migrant labour system.
Meaparo ya bona, dilwana tse ba di tlhagisang le meetlo e ba e dirang di tiisa karolo ya bona e ba e tshamekang jaaka batshodi ba setso le batsweletsi ba ekonomi ya metse-selegae mo motlheng wa phetolelo-setoropong le mo go sa nneng teng ga banna ba bona, bontsi jwa bona ka ge ba monyeletswe ke thulaganyo ya khudugo ka ntlha ya tiro.