Lesotho
Sand Origin
Drankesberg Mountains
Random Sand Fact
In Sesotho, the language of Lesotho, throwing sand in the eyes of the government means doing someone wrong.
The expression is ho fahla ‘muso ka lehlabathe. It can refer to a crime, but also to someone who has deeply hurt another person or broken their heart. It appears in songs and poems, and online, people still ask each other to explain it.
In English, throwing dust in someone’s eyes means deceiving them. In Sesotho, it means harming them.
