Sunday 25 October 2009

the batwas

The Twa, also known as Batwa, are a pygmy people who were the oldest recorded inhabitants of the Great Lakes region of central Africa. Current populations are found in the nations of Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and the eastern portion of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 2000, they numbered approximately 80,000 people, making them a significant minority group in these countries.

On Saturday the batwas from those countries celebrated together the day for the indigenous peoples and they danced:
here, the congolese batwas

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