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Articles Monthly archive January, 2014

Bagisu People: Uganda’s most fearsome patriarchal tribe and their Culturally unique Circumcision Ceremony

“Umukhasi umutuufu amanya inda yo museetsa” (A proper woman knows the husband’s stomach)~Bagisu Proverb. Bagisu (Bamasaaba) people: Imbalu candidates dance the Kadoodi dance at Mutoto Cultural Grounds outside Mbale town. Smeared with flour and decorated with traditional beads and bungles, the circumcision candidates dance in preparation for circumcision The Bagisu or Gisu also known as Gishu, […]

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Articles Monthly archive January, 2014

Ntebe za Mugula: The seat carved from rock

In the colonial era, Entebbe was chosen as an administrative seat of government. It was suited in many ways and, in particular, the name Entebbe, which means the seat in Luganda. Almost at the tip is a place that has everything to do with where this peninsula gets its name. It is known as Ntebe […]