{"id":833,"date":"2013-10-15T15:49:27","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T12:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzkenya.com\/?p=833"},"modified":"2018-01-26T14:00:15","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T11:00:15","slug":"ugandan-cultural-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzkenya.com\/ugandan-cultural-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Bizarre Ugandan Cultural Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"
Like every other proud African nation, Uganda is rich in culture which are the characteristics that define its people, through religious, spiritual and belief systems, social habits, music and arts, language, marriage, and a million other aspects of Ugandan cultural practices.<\/p>\n
Cultural practices refer to the manifestation of these numerous aspects. It existed long before the colonialists came to Africa and have been kept alive from generation to generation as it gets passed on through families lineages.<\/p>\n
In other cases, it gets passed on through a master of that practice to a willing student. The master chooses a particular student who shows qualities desired for that practice and teaches the student in a hands-on manner. This way the student is able to absorb the core values and belief systems of the particular aspect of culture. An example could be seen by the existence of the so-called witch doctors. The witch doctors usually keep alive the bizarre cultural practices.<\/p>\n
Below, we are taking a look at five bizarre Ugandan cultural practices still happening today.<\/p>\n
Every cultural tribe has an elaborate way of laying a soul to rest. However, some of the Ugandan cultural tribes have a very unconventional way of doing it. An example is the Baganda people who are known to prepare graves for their members while they are still alive and as if that is not strange enough, a deceased Baganda King is not buried until his jawbone is removed. This process takes a significantly long period of about 6 months in which the body is embalmed. Another king (kabaka) is also enthroned at this time. The removed jawbone is then kept in a special shrine as it is believed that the spirit of the dead king remained with the jawbone.<\/p>\n
See Also:\u00a05 Amazing Facts About Ugandan Shilling<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The Banyore people also have a similarly bizarre way of laying their dead to rest. In this community, death is not considered a natural occurrence no matter the age or condition of the deceased. For this reason, burials are presided over by witch doctors who consult with the spirits to ascertain the cause of death and to cleanse the rest of the community from the ‘bad’ spirits. Other communities in Uganda <\/a>that have quite some strange burial practices are such as the Karamojong who do not bury their dead but throw them away to be scavenged in the wild and the Jopadhola who prohibit bathing less than three days after someone’s death.<\/p>\n See Also:\u00a05 Weird Kenyan Cultural Practices<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Amongst many other bizarre Ugandan Cultural Practices, this horrible tradition is still highly applauded in the Sabiny tribe. The circumcision ceremony is carried out several times around the year to women and even girls as young as 6 years old. It is considered a rite of passage for a woman and one cannot be married without going through the practice.The practice involves removal of part or all of the girl’s clitoris. This is meant to keep her faithful to her husband. Female circumcision is a dangerous practice and exposes the woman to\u00a0too many infections not to mention complications at childbirth. According to the World Health Organization<\/a>, it has no medical\/health benefit to girls and women and it is a violation of a human right. Therefore,\u00a0 female circumcision is one of the cultural practices that should be completely eradicated and the communities educated against.<\/p>\n See Also:\u00a0Oromo Culture, People, and Language<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n2. Female Circumcision<\/h3>\n