Many soft drinks and alcoholic drinks are produced in factories in Botswana, including Fanta and Coca-Cola. Local brands are Castle and Lion beers. Milk is fermented to make madila (sour milk) which is eaten on its own or added to porridge. A favorite non-alcoholic homemade drink is ginger beer.
The Maitisong Festival is held in the month of March every year in Gaborone. The festival is the biggest one week long festival of performing arts bringing plays, dance and orchestral concerts in Maitisong and non-stop Gospel, kwaito and Afro-pop shows to thousands of revellers in Old Naledi.
The cuisine of Botswana is unique but also shares some characteristics with other cuisines of Southern Africa. Examples of Setswana food include pap, samp, vetkoek, and mopane worms. A food unique to Botswana is seswaa, heavily salted mashed-up meat.