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Iteso and their way of life. Origins , political and social affairs.

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THE ITESO It is one of the largest tribe in eastern Uganda. It is commonly know for cattle rearing. They are believed to have originated from south of Ethiopia and Sudan . itesos also practice some small scale farming. They mainly plant serial crops like millet, sorghum and vegetables. They used to wear skins and hides. they also hunt wild animals to support their deity. Also fruit gathering is done to supplement on their subsistence farm production. The iteso were wonderers by the end of seventeenth century. Nowadays itesos are settled in Eastern Uganda . they occupy districts such as pallisa, soroti, and others.they are a decentralized tribe. Under chiefs governing over small communities. Iteso are hospital in nature. Iteso have ancestral gods they believe in. These were believed to be with supreme powers over the iteso. They used to sacrifice cattle and goats for blessings and rains. The iteso speak iteso as their language. iteso traditional dance

Baganda's political, religious, social setup and origin of Buganda kingdom

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Baganda culture It is one of the famous cultures in Uganda. People with in this culture are hospital to whoever Vist them. The baganda are the most organised group of people in Uganda. There under kingdom leadership structure. The king "kabaka" has supreme power over his subjects. Under kabaka muteesa1 Buganda invited the British colonists intending to eradicated illiteracy among the baganda as explores had explained to him. He accepted the arrival of British colonists. The baganda didn't fight colonist due to their hospitality. The baganda under the kabaka are organised under clans. Clan leaders are known as " owakasolya". http://en.m.wikipedia.org>wiki>buganda.ug . the baganda name children after their ancestors, events,time and others. The baga worship traditional gods for instance muwanga , dungu, mukasa, kiwanuka, and others. Muwanga is for children, mukasa for rainfall, dungu for hunters, kiwanuka for thunder. Baganda's economic activity is

African culture

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African culture Africa is one of the bigest continents that make up the world. Africa pose's a variety of cultures that varry according regions, fore instance geographic locations favour certain cultures in africa, temperature ratios also determine existence of certain cultures, vegetation types also enables existence of some cultures in africa. Cultures are determined by tribes, for example baganda, batwa, bakiga, banyankore, bagisu, karamajong, luo, iteso, basoga, basongola, bamoli, batoro,samya, sebei, badama, acholi, and others. All of the mentioned tribes are in Uganda but the cultures defer.