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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.
Uganda's national television and radio Kampala More images. UG-C-039 Uganda Museum Oldest museum in East Africa Kampala More images. UG-C-040 National Theatre National culture centre Kampala More images. UG-C-041 Public Library On Buganda House Road, in an Indian building Kampala More images
Supporters: Dexter a male Uganda kob (Adenota kob thomasi - Bovidæ); sinister, a crested crane (Balearica pavonina gibberifrons - Balearicidæ), both proper. Compartment: A grassy mount down the centre of which flows a river, between dexter a sprig of coffee and in sinister a sprig of cotton, both leaved and fructed proper.
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 ...
Mpologoma clan is among the clans in present-day Uganda that are believed to have come with Kintu. Mpologoma is a name in Luganda which means lion. Everyone belonging to the Buganda Kingdom belong to a clan, each having a totem whereas others have minor totems which they are not allowed to eat and these totems are guarded jealously.
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.
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