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The Rain Forest in Luvedo is the home of the Modjadji Rain Queen - a Southern African Legend. This legend originated in the 16th century and is today still told to be true, and to this day there still reigns a Queen over the Luvedo valley.
The Modjadji or Rain Queen is hereditary queen of Balobedu, (people of South Africa’s Limpopo Province)
The succession to position of Rain Queen is matrilineal. It’s passed from the Queen to eldest daughter. Males never inherit the throne.
The Modjadji or Rain Queen is believed to possess special powers; the ability to control the clouds and rainfall. The true origin of the Queen is in question and many versions of the truth have been told over the centuries.
However, she is universally believed to be the divine transformer of the clouds, a highly respected and feared Queen in Africa; Not only because of her power to withhold and bestow rain, but mostly because of her feminine nature, the fairness of her skin and the secrets of her valley.
The Creation of Modjadji The Rain Queen
Although there are several different storiesregarding the creation and history of Rain Queens of Balobedu, Queen Modjadji is a direct descendant of the once powerful royal house of Monomolapa which ruled in Zimbabwe in the 15th and 16th centuries. The Modjadji first engaged the world’s attention when Rider Haggard wrote the classical novels King Solomon’s Mines and She.
The rule of South Africa’s present Rain Queen, Makobo Modjadji V1 is said to have began when the 25 year-old succeeded her grandmother Mokope Modjadji V. Her own mother Princess Maria Modjadji, the real successor died. Modjadji V1 is the first rain queen to have received formal education.
Modjadji's Duties
Apart from her ruling duties, Modjadji has got the duty of providing her nation of 150 villages and more than a million people with rain.
According to custom, the Queen eschews public functions, and communicates to her people via her male councillors and indunas,( village headmen).
In November of every year she directs the annual rainmaking ceremony at her royal compound in Khelihakone village. The Queen never marries, but she bears children by her close relatives. She is cared for by her ‘wives’, which are sent from the many villages. When she is nearing death she appoints her eldest daughter as her successor and then she supposedly ingests poison.
South African archaeologist, Sidney Miller has excavated the ruins of the original modjadji kraal. The ruins include stone foundations, pottery and bear resemblance to the famouse ruins in the far north of the Great Zimbabwe ruins, lending further credibility to the many legends.
The Magic of Rain Making
Whether or not the Modjadji truly possesses the magic of rain making remains a mystery. However, the owners and guests visiting Modjadji House believe it to be true.
Modjadji House is the one and only perennial haven in the Florida neighbourhood of Gauteng, where modjadji cycads thrive and rain blesses the palatial lawns all year round.