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The kanzu spread from the Baganda people to other ethnicities and is a national costume of Baganda men. (The Republic of Uganda has no pan-national costume for men as in neighboring Tanzania). It is a variation of the Arabic thobe. Originally, the kanzu was made from barkcloth. Today the kanzu is made from silk, cotton, poplin, or linen. Linen ...
Women wearing Gomesi at a wedding in Kampala, Uganda. A gomesi, also known as a Busuuti or Bodingi, is a colorful floor-length dress. It is the most commonly used costume for women in Buganda and Busoga. [1] Traditional male attire is the kanzu. [1] [2] The gomesi has had many changes in its uses and design since its origination.
Republic of Uganda: Adopted: 9 October 1962: Shield: Sable, upon the fess point a sun in splendour and in base a Uganda drum Or, the skin and guy ropes Argent, a chief barry wavy of six Azure and Argent. Behind the shield two Uganda spears of estate in saltire proper. Supporters: Dexter an Ugandan kob; sinister, a crested crane, both proper ...
Uganda is ethnologically diverse, with at least 40 languages in usage. Luganda is the most common language. English and Swahili are the official languages of Uganda, even though English is more popular. Swahili, the East African lingua franca, is not widespread as a language though it was made an official national language in September 2005. [25]
Seat of the Catholic church in Uganda Kampala More images. UG-C-022 Nabulagala Mapeera church Seat of the Anglican church in Uganda, a historic cave and historic buildings built by missionaries. The first cathedral was built in 1890–1894 of mud and wattle: Kampala More images. UG-C-023 Gadaffi Mosque
The Teso community of Eastern Uganda, offers the great folktale of Oduk the conqueror. He led the Teso people from South Sudan to Eastern Uganda and ultimately to western Kenya. [6] In the Gisu tribe, male circumcision, known as Imbalu, is a famous annual ceremony that retells the Bugisu story of boys transiting into men. [7]
Folk costume, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing associated with a particular ethnic group, nation or region, and is an expression of cultural, religious or national identity.
Upload an image UG-N-002 Pekele Hot springs Hot springs medicinal Adjumani Upload an image UG-N-003 Idrian missionary site First site for catholic missionaries in Pekele. 1911 Upload an image UG-N-004 Paimol Martyrs site Pilgrim site for the two martyrs’, Daudi Okello, and Blessed Jildo Irwa, martyred in 1918, beatified in 2010. Agago Upload an image UG-N-005 Abia Colonialists Massacred ...