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Find out the rich culture of the pygmies who live around Echuya Forest Reserve in Kisoro and kabaale in uganda.
The Batwa (known, pejoratively as “pygmies” because of their height) are one of the oldest surviving tribes in Africa. They are the original hunter gatherers in the forested areas of Uganda (Rwanda, Congo and Burundi). In Bwindi, to protect the endangered Mountain Gorillas, the forested areas were made a national park in 1992. Unfortunately for the Batwa people this meant eviction from the forests and destruction of their traditiional way of life. Deprived this way of life (they are not farmers), they have been victimised by other peoples and they have often become dependant on charity. This group of Batwa people, survive through meeting tourists, offering guided walks and demonstrating their culture and way of life.
The Twa, aka the Batwa, are a pygmy people who were the oldest recorded inhabitants of the Great Lakes region of central Africa. They now live in Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and the eastern portion of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Thanks to the pottery they make and sell in Kigali shops, they are able to built some big mud houses in many villages.
© Eric Lafforgue
The Twa, aka the Batwa, are a pygmy people who were the oldest recorded inhabitants of the Great Lakes region of central Africa. They now live in Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and the eastern portion of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Thanks to the pottery they make and sell in Kigali shops, they are able to built some big mud houses in many villages.
© Eric Lafforgue
The Twa, aka the Batwa, are a pygmy people who were the oldest recorded inhabitants of the Great Lakes region of central Africa. They now live in Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and the eastern portion of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Thanks to the pottery they make and sell in Kigali shops, they are able to built some big mud houses in many villages.
© Eric Lafforgue