Bagwere
The Bagwere , also Gwere (singular Mugwere ), are a Bantu people in Uganda .
The Bagwere make up an estimated 3% of the population of Uganda, living in the eastern parts of the country, mainly in Pallisa District and Kibuku District , where they make up over 80% of the population. Once known as the cleanest city in Uganda, the town of Mbale is home to the Bagwere people.
Corporate structure
The Bagwere social system is based primarily on belonging to a particular clan that has a head. In total there are the following Bagwere clans:
- Baloki clan
- Balalaka clan
- Baikomba clan
- Bakomolo clan
- Balangira clan
- Baganza clan
- Badaka clan
- Baumo clan
- Banaminto clan
- Bapalaa clan
- Banyekero clan
- Batoloyi clan
Traditionally, marriages between members of the same clan are forbidden, which is typical of most Bantu cultures.
music
The traditional music of the Bagwere is called tongoli , after the eight- stringed bowl of the same name . Other musical instruments are drums, the lamellophone congo and the single-stringed fiddle dingidi .
education and parenting
The Bagwere are usually very proud of their cultural heritage, especially since they are small in number but have always had a high standard of education. Its most famous representative is the late Balaki Kebba Kirya , one of the founding fathers of independent Uganda, who died in 1994.
Economic structure
The main economic activity of the Bagwere is subsistence farming including the breeding and cultivation of useful plants and livestock.
To a lesser extent, fishing , fish farming and beekeeping are also increasingly practiced among the Bagwere .
Web links
- The Bagwere. Uganda Travel Guide
- The Bagwere of Pallisa. ugpulse.com
- Bagwere People of Uganda ( Memento from May 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) uganda-visit-and-travel-guide.com