Friday 27 January 2012

A day around Mwanza

We took a day to tour around Mwanza today. We booked our flights to Zanzibar for next week with Precision Air. As they only accept cash it was a hassle getting to an ATM that actually worked, but we managed.
We went out to a museum which depicts the history and ways of the ancient Sakuma tribe who live around Lake Victoria. Although many of these people have converted to Christianity, the church has incorporated many of their cultural beliefs and symbols. We also saw many of their tools used in everyday life. They were also working iron from local iron ore as early as the 15th century. The Sakuma and there many clans are the largest of the 120 tribes of Tanzania.
In the evening Raymond took us out for a typical Tanzanian meal of BBQ tilapia fish from the lake, fried bananas, and ungali with salsa. Ungali is like pollenta and is made with white corn meal. The entire meal is eaten with just your hands and is communally shared at the table. It was very tasty and was all consumed with a couple beers. We had to as the Sakuma were renown for their traditional beer. See pic.

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