KEEPERS of the CULTURE
The Batwa are an amazing indigenous group of people with excellent and interactive cultural experiences that one would not want to miss while visiting Uganda.
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he Batwa, or Twa, commonly known as pygmies, are an enchanted group of people around Echuya Forest Reserve in Kisoro and Kabale districts of South-Western Uganda. The Echuya is located in the Albertine Rift and recognised as an important eco-region and top birding destination. The Batwa are believed to have migrated from the Ituri Forest of the Democratic Republic of Congo in search of wild animals to hunt, hence the name Kisoro, literally translating to “the area occupied by wild animals�.
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NG'AALI
DECEMBER 2020 - FEBRUARY 2021
