STILL MAGICAL 35 YEARS LATER

The allegorical story of Xi, a member of a San Bushmen tribe in the Central Kalahari, who received the unexpected gift of a glass Coca Cola bottle dropped from the sky, still enchants audiences over the world, Xi's tribe lived an uncomplicated and satisfactory life until someone dropped an empty Coke bottle from an airplane one day. This wondrous happening was interpreted as a gift from the gods. A little while the Bushmen found immense pleasure in the unknown article, using it as a craft tool and making music. But joy turned to sorrow as first the tribe members turned onto one another in anger and jealousy and then Xi was sent to jail for killing a farmer.s sheep. The story of how Xi was rescued from his cell, became a tracker, encountered and entrapped game thieves, entranced audiences 35 years ago and is still remembered with fondness.