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Ugandan traditions include folk music, dances, foods, clothing, and building styles, among others. [8] In Northern Uganda, particularly the Lango sub-region, a healing ritual called child-cleansing ceremony is conducted to restore the lost manhood of a child. In this ceremony, both the child and mother spend 3 days in a grass thatched house.
Upload another image UG-C-002 Mabira Forest Cultural resource, with indigenous, herbal medicinal trees Mukono More images Upload another image UG-C-003 ? Bukomansimbi Upload an image UG-C-004 ? Butambala Upload an image UG-C-005 Buvuma Island Sangoan Later Stone Age site with earthworks and rock art paintings Buvuma Upload another image UG-C-006 ? Gomba Upload an image UG-C-007 Ssese Islands ...
National cultural Center Monument. The centre has two main components: the National Theatre and the Nommo Gallery, both of which are located in central Kampala. The National Theatre provides a venue for stage performances of different kinds, and also serves as a cinema. The Nommo Gallery features exhibitions of works of art by both Ugandan and ...
Kampala: 2001 1022; i, iii, iv, vi (cultural) The tombs of the kings, or kabakas, of the Buganda kingdom, founded in the 13th century, are located on the hillside in Kampala. They are an important spiritual site of the Baganda. The main building was built in 1882 as a palace and converted into a tomb in 1884.
The Uganda Museum is located in Kampala, Uganda.It displays and exhibits ethnological, natural-historical and traditional life collections of Uganda's cultural heritage.It was founded in 1908, after Governor George Wilson called for "all articles of interest" on Uganda to be procured.
In 1912, Kampala Township received its first land-use plan and had a European and Asian population of 2,850. [22] In 1922, Kampala's oldest university, Makerere, was founded as the Uganda Technical College at the present Makerere Hill and initially offered carpentry, building construction, mechanics, arts, education, agriculture, and medicine.
The Kasubi Tombs in Kampala, Uganda, is the site of the burial grounds for four kabakas (kings of Buganda) and other members of the Baganda royal family. As a result, the site remains an important spiritual and political site for the Ganda people , as well as an important example of traditional architecture.
With a peak at 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) above sea level, Buddo is an important hill in the environs of Kampala. It carries cultural and academic significance. The cultural coronation site, where the Kabaka of Buganda is enthroned in a traditional ceremony is located on Buddo Hill and is known as Naggalabi Buddo.