User:EDRINE GOMBA

BAGWERE CULTURE IN UGANDA
'''They are bantu speaking group of people from eastern Uganda, they mainly feed on millet bread as there stable food.it is then a mixture of casssava,millet  and sorghum. Like any other tribe in Uganda, it also has a cultural leader such as THE IKUMBANIA BABWGERE The tribe has different clans such as bakatikoko, bakomolo, balangwa, baganza and many more the cultural clans are headed by the CLAN LEADER

It has beautiful ladies who permanently stay in marriage

THE CULTURAL RITUALS PERFORMED BY THE BAGWERE TRIBE
Some of the cultural rituals include, eating hard millet bread when a father or mother has died

The boy is supposed to cultivate a huge land before getting married

The ladies are also supposed to kneel when greeting men

There is also the chair that the heir is supposed to set on when an elder person has died(NAMULONDO)

The greeting word is KOIZEYO

The leaders were expected to come from polygamous family for example men who married more 4 wives,we recommended to be the leaders of the community

The naming of the child was after the fall of the umblical cord, and this could take roughly one week..

The names were given to reflect the tradition of the gwere people

when any one die,people could cry at a loud voice to show the extent on how they are going to miss his or her soul.

There are also clans with special dance such as the balangira who dance using the stomach and one leg up.

The women were not supposed to sit on the chair and were not suppose to eat certain kinds of food such as the chicken,fish,egggs.

THE EXTERNAL LINK
https://petnahafricatours.com/the-bagwere-culture/