The final point of the program before returning to Arusha was the closing ceremony of the project. Unfortunately on the same day a funeral happened with a large number of people attending but a lot of people came to our “party” anyway, including the Elders and the local politician. The ceremony was held near a tree thought by the Maasai as sacred. This is a fig variety (ficus natalensis), called locally mutuba (interesting fact for those who read Tomek’s books – from this tree bark is obtained, from which fabric (bark cloth) is made, traditionally worn by members of the Baganda tribe and often featuring King of Buganda – kabaka. Tomek Wilmowski with friends visited kabaka Dausi Chwa II. I couldn’t help myself 😉)
Posts Tagged With: Maasai
Time to say goodbye to Maasai
Categories: RTW trip
Tags: Arusha, Buganda, Emboreet, kabaka, Kresy-Siberia, Maasai, mutuba, Oreteti le-Emboreet, Poland, Poles in Africa, Poles in Tanzania, Simanjiro, Tanzania, Tengeru, Tomek Wilmowski, Youth council
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Safari
The basis of the economy is agriculture but tourism revenues are an important source of income for the people and Government of Tanzania. Kenya is a role model when it comes to tourism. The infrastructure there is more developed almost everyone speaks English and Kenyans are proud to say that they are way ahead of Tanzania. And although the United Republic of Tanzania (the creation of Tanzania was the merger of the British colonies of Tanganika and Zanzibar, hence the name) is younger than Kenya only by one year (if anyone’s interested in the process of creating independent states in Africa, please refer to Ryszard Kapuscinski – it’s worth it!) Difference in progress between two countries is easily noticable.
Categories: RTW trip
Tags: Africa, Kenya, Maasai, Ngorongoro crater, Poland, Poles in Africa, Poles in Kenya, Poles in Tanzania, safari, Tanzania
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