The BIGGEST African crafts Market in Kampala, Uganda

Uncle uncle Hi guys welcome to my YouTube channel it's your girl the African Tigress Greetings from Uganda In case you're new here make sure you subscribe and tap the bell for Notification: Let me know what you think about this video so I did ask a friend I find the stuff made in Uganda unique things that showcase our culture and you know those things That are not imported from China things that are made locally in Africa and she brought me to this place It's a craft market so the name of this place is East African Craft Village in case you're If you're in Uganda or visiting Uganda and you're in Kampala and you want "Made in Africa" products then this is the place This is the place to be so this very beautiful lady here is going to take me around and show me what they have to offer in this place come with us I love drums even as much as I don't know how to play them very well if you saw my video from I visited a place in Rwanda where there are also some drums so these drums are made from the back skin of different animals What's this Oh it's a fertility doll It's a fertility doll Yeah It's something old yes Oh so it's something you've collected from somewhere Is it specific to a certain tribe or something Not really But not really but yes it was made to represent that thing of fertility oh it's made to symbolize fertility by barren women oh so Okay so if you have any issues with pregnancy you put this under the bed and you get pregnant Oh that's interesting and what about this one Yes those represent different groups Okay all right let's explore more of this place In Kato and they want to protect it from the sun or maybe harsh weather and you look really beautiful in that you look like a hat let me wear mine You see it's actually beautiful it's like a sun hat What's it made from Fiber the banana fiber Like wow this is so creative and so beautiful ow much is this 15 000 so this is 15 000 Ugandan shillings that's abou Less than 500 Kenyan shillings I'll do the exact conversion and write in the comment below And I love oh this is like really beautiful can ladies wear this It's actually beautiful Ugandans love groundnuts or peanuts whichever name you choose to use so this is used to prepare groundnuts and I'm also told it's used for offering in some local churches in Uganda what's this A nativity scene yes this shows the birth of Jesus Have you seen this You know there are so many bikes in Uganda This is great This is mine This is my token on the back yes African transportation and this is a sack They're burning trees Okay this is so creative and I've actually used real charcoal here wow these are made in Uganda yeah Wow and what's this This is just a basket used in the western regions for dairy Oh for dairy Oh yeah the men's group put in some fruits or anything that they want to give to the This small no they're there are many usually around a hundred so that they carry them like this like to offer them to the girl's family's diary yeah so usually they have so many things They can be fruits it can be so many things that the family the girl's family has just offered down okay then we have this that's used for color color is military I don' But they mix it all together you know the mix and then they put it here and then they serve it to each other You have to keep getting it from here Oh okay so this one is for keeping the food Is it the same as this one Yeah it is It's the same as that but this is a big function That's an introduction Uh-huh Yeah a wedding ceremony they use these big ones Uh-huh yeah and I'm told there are lots of gorillas in Uganda so this one shows The like the gorillas these are like yeah these are gorillas yeah trying to cover their faces yeah so yeah the gorillas trying to cover their faces so why where in uganda are the gorillas Found inside the windy impenetrable national park where is that found covered in sorrow Next to the border yes oh okay this is very interesting I just love how everything the culture you see this one represents the food this represents the wildlife and just every One aspect of culture is covered in such a place we wow this is so beautiful finally black dolls you know something that shows as shows our color not this is the black barbie this is so beautiful something so unique to africa i just love how Wow they look amazing Look at this one Look at this princess and she's carrying a baby Oh look at this She's carrying a baby this is so beautiful I guess it's about time every parent should get such dolls Every black parent should get such dolls for their children so that they You can understand that their princess you know their black princess you can be black and be a princess you can be black and be a Barbie you know Thank you so much for watching this video I hope you enjoyed it and now you know where to ge Made in Africa stuff in Uganda in case you're not subscribed to my channel kindly do so Leave a comment letting me know what you think about it Until 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