Wild Uganda Safaris and tour

 
 

 

CULTURAL SITES IN UGANDA:

Uganda is a country of diversity irrespective of its size. It’s blessed with a wide rage of cultures and traditions, with over 30 different indigenous languages. The country has diversity of art, music and handicrafts, which differentiate the cultural groups including the Bantu-speaking people (including Buganda, Busoga, Bunyoro, Ankole etc), Nilotics (include Acholi, Lango, Japadhola, Alur etc),  

Uganda’s cultural diversity can be seen through colourful traditions, dances, ceremonies, history and lifestyle of the people.

The Uganda Museum; has several ethnological exhibits which portray culture, traditions of Uganda, agriculture, war, religion, Hunting, archeological as well as natural History.

Kasubi Tombs; where three former kings of Buganda are buried in a traditional grass, Backcloth and reed thatched building, which is a threshold of Buganda culture.

Kabaka’s Trail; includes 6 sites which make up the trails. Naggalabi Buddo Coronation site where the Buganda Kings are crowed, Katareke Prison site where the king murdered his brothers and sisters for fear that they might dethrone him, Wamala King’s Tombs where the kind was buried and is a place of culture and rituals, Nnamasole Kanyange Tombs the Burial place for the Queen, Nnamasole Baagalayaze Tombs and Cultural Centre for traditional performances, arts and crafts and Ssezibwa Falls a place of rituals and cultural beliefs with the Legend that the river was born of a woman. This attracts many locals who seek for blessings.

Religious sites; There are several religious sites in Uganda which are of interest to travelers like the Kibuli mosque on Kibuli Hill, Rubaga cathedral on Rubaga Hill, Namirembe cathedral on Namirembe Hill, the Bahai Temple and Colonel Gadaffi mosque.

Ceremonies/Lifestyle; The Cultures of the Bagisu of the Mount Elgon region known for their Imbalu ceremony, which is performed to initiate young boys into Manhood.
The Karimojong traditional dance is an attraction from the renowned pastoralists and the Pygmy Bakonjo on the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains, whose lives are dedicated to a pike smoking spirit Kalisa.