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The above picture shows a group of 9–10 years old boys of the Yao tribe in Malawi participating in circumcision and initiation rites.

According to Wikipedia,
The male circumcision rate in Malawi is estimated to be 21.6%.

In the South of Malawi, the Yao and Lomwe tribes practice tribal circumcision. There are fears of an increased risk of HIV transmission as surgeons use the same blades and encourage boys to have sex with women after rituals.

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision_in_Africa#/media/File:Initiation_ritual_of_boys_in_Malawi.jpg

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The 31 rays of the sun represents that Malawi is the 31st independent country in Africa.

Colors representations:
Black= Indigenous people
Red= blood of their struggles
Green= Nature

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We will create a virtual museum on the online multimedia platform, Padlet, to inform and educate people about the diverse culture of the Republic of Malawi Dziko. Due to the rapid development of the world's economy and efficient communication networks across countries, the world's culture is slowly changing into a monoculture situation. Countries with minority cultures suffer from globalization with majority cultures superseding and hybridizing their own indigenous cultures. Major economies exert undue cultural influence upon others, and this project aims to redress this balance; Our community's goal is to support the developing country and preserve their culture. We will also be investigating the influence of Latin culture on Malawians' traditions and examine ways to preserve Maliwian's culture.

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https://www.pinterest.com/pin/336151559660012125/

Please click into the link for pictures with higher quality.

Products in this picture are ebony wood carving sold in central craft market in Lilongwe, Malawi

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Malawi's Arts and Crafts?  No, Malawi's culture and one of its businesses ...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSZdj3OXQ8c

Watch the video for a tour from first person point of view to Local Market in Lilongwe, Malawi.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9LEivVhGEg&t=5s

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Chambo fish Conservation and Protection 

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Chambo fish Conservation and Protection 

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Malawi is a land locked country which has only fresh water sources from the Malawi Lake. In regards to that, one of the a few seafood source for Malawian is the Chambo Fish(Oreochromis lidole)  from the Lake of Malawi.

Due to a lack of environment protection awareness, the Malawi lake is over fished and caught Chambo Fish became smaller compared to the previous year.

Scholars and experts from other countries inform the Malawians about the problem and implement conservation programs by moving the smaller fishes to deeper water. The above video showed the result of this project.

Scientific article related to this project:
https://www.speciesconservation.org/case-studies-projects/chambo-fish/10146

A recipe for local chambo fish cuisine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plTuQbf8qwM

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Chiwana Catching Chambo Fish Lake Malawi - RIPPLE Africa

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2nd Largest Export in Malawi-Tea Production

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2nd Largest Export in Malawi-Tea Production

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https://topictea.com/blogs/tea-blog/teas-of-malawi-history-culture-types-and-production/

Malawi was colonized by the British around 1891, which had a great impact on their culture. Tea plantation is one of the example where British culture diffused into Malawian's original culture.

The article above explained the history, production, and types of Malawian tea.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMRaykkI9ls

Start at 0:50, to experience a tour in central craft market of Lilongwe, Malawi.

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Lilongwe Central & Crafts Market - Malawi, Africa

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https://visitmalwi.wordpress.com/2018/03/02/10-cultural-events-malawi-2018/

The article above is a list of festivals in Malawi. Most of them are held annually and aren't under threat since it's broadcasted internationally.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADrexUR-ZM4

This is an example of western culture hybridized with Malawian traditional culture.

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https://africanarguments.org/2020/04/malawi-gule-wamkulu-ritual-under-threat-christian-preachers/
This article explained why the Gule Wamkulu dance is under threat.

https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/gule-wamkulu-00142
This article explained the festival of the death along with a photo gallery.

https://ich.unesco.org/doc/src/26206-EN.pdf
Please scroll to "5.4.1.20 Phundabwi / Khundabwi" to read about medicine use in these rituals.

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https://www.unicef.org/esa/sites/unicef.org.esa/files/2018-09/UNICEF-2016-Language-and-Learning-Malawi.pdf

English is the official language in Malawi.
The article above explained the current languages stats in Malawi. Although it's not as relevant to this particular project, but it also explained various projected policies for future language educations.

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http://www.njas.helsinki.fi/pdf-files/vol26num3/chikaipa_kishindo.pdf

The article above is the analysis of how globalization impact the ciNsenga language and reasons why it's under threat.

There are less written record for Malawian (Bantu) languages, which makes it even harder to preserve.

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A decorated home in Kamangadazi. Photo by Jon Sojkowski

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https://www.goworldtravel.com/travel-malawi-exploring-malawi-through-its-architecture/#:~:text=The%20south%20is%20hilly%20and,is%20mountainous%20and%20sparsely%20populated.

A detailed explanation of Malawi's Architecture.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafinga_Hills

Hill stations can be seen in Malawi due to its geography especially near tea plantation areas. Cultural and dated architecture can be seen on hill stations.

Not as relevant to the project, tourist pack:
https://www.tourtravelworld.com/packages/malawi_hill-station-holidays.htm

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The Mafinga Hills are a plateau covered by hills, situated on the border between Zambia and Malawi, in Southern Africa. These hills are composed of quartzites, phyllites and feldspathic sandstones of sedimentary origin.

This plateau has the highest point in Zambia, 2,339-metre (7,674 ft) Mafinga Central. It once formed a formidable barrier between the Northern and Eastern Provinces that few but the best 4-wheel drive vehicles dared to cross, especially during the rainy season. The shortest road link between the two provinces is now eased by the rehabilitation of the Isoka-Muyombe Road, which traverses their lower slopes. As Muyombe is the district capital of the newly formed Mafinga District, any expedition to the Mafinga Hills would be wise to use Muyombe as a starting point (two guesthouses are available). Besides going through Isoka, Muyombe can also be accessed from the south via Chama, though this road passes briefly through Western Malawi's Vwasa Wildlife Reserve, or from the East via the Malawian town of Bolero on route S104. As there are no fueling stations near Muyombe, except for in Lundazi, Nakonde, or Rhumpi (Malawi), it is advisable that at least one vehicle's full tank of fuel be carried in jerrycans from one of these fueling stations into the Mafinga Hills. Note that the roads into the Mafinga Hills are passable in the dry season even in small vehicles, though needing high clearance and speeding along at 20-30 km/h, but probably impassable in the rainy season even with a 4-wheel drive vehicle.

To hike in the Mafinga Hills, it is appropriate to visit the local chief to inform him of the expedition's intentions and possibly request a guide. This is especially important as there is no formal tourism company set up in the area to take hikers into the mountains and informing the chief of your plans can assist in ensuring safety and that you have received proper information. Without the tourism company, there are no formal guides but the local chief or other headmen could recommend hunters or farmers in the area you wish to explore who know the area well to go with you. Be prepared to offer a gift of food to the chief (such as a bag of rice, flour, or sugar) and to provide food, shelter, and monetary compensation to any guide going with you. There are no designated trails in the hills so all hiking will be bushwhacking. The terrain is rocky with tuffs of grass that make it challenging to walk without twisting an ankle. There are no dangerous animals in the mountains, and seemingly too cold for snakes to inhabit. There are scattered springs in the mountains and the sources for a few different rivers meander through the valleys of the mountains that can be used as sources of water.

The Luangwa River, the major river of eastern Zambia, has its source in the Mafinga Hills.

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The Mafinga Hills are a plateau covered by hills, situated on the border between Zambia and Malawi, in Southern Africa. These hills are composed of quartzites, phyllites and feldspathic sandstones of sedimentary origin. This plateau has the highest point in Zambia, 2,339-metre (7,674 ft) Mafinga Central.

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https://www.npr.org/2014/12/13/370321750/hunting-mice-and-singing-in-harmony

The article above is a news story introducing the road side snacks of Malawi as well as the music produced by the Malawian boys. It's not only focusing on informing the reader about the food or the music but also portrayed the life of a native Malawian.

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Malawi is a small, landlocked country in southeast Africa, one of the continent's least developed, the population mostly rural and agricultural. But over the past two years, some of its music has begun to reach the wider world, thanks in part to the efforts of Ian Brennan.

Three years ago, the San Francisco-based producer set up a portable studio to record a group of gospel singers called the Malawi Mouse Boys. This year, he brought the musicians to the U.S. The group took its name from the job the members had when Brennan found them, while driving the backroads of southeastern Malawi.

"In that little stretch of freeway where they live, there's a tradition where they sell mice on a stick, as snacks, meals to the passing travelers," Brennan says.

"And it's quite a labor-intensive task. It requires that they get up before dawn and hunt the mice. And their primary competitor for the mice are wild boars and black mamba snakes, so it can be quite dangerous."

Brennan set up his gear near the road where they were working and asked one of them, Alfred Gavana, to play and sing.

"And he played it so quietly it was almost inaudible," Brennan remembers. "But when he came to the chorus, this group of 20 kids that was pressing in, from age 2, to age 18 or so, all kicked in on the chorus in multi-part harmony. And the sun was literally going down, with surround sound and one of the most musical moments I'd ever had in my life."

After they recorded that first song, Brennan asked Gavana to invite other musicians to a session in his village a few days later. Brennan spent all day there, eventually zeroing in on a core group.

The Malawi Mouse Boys grew up singing in the village church, where Sunday services stretch for hours. When Brennan recorded them in May of 2011, the four members were in their mid to late 20s. Lead singer Zondiwe says from the get-go, the group had no real expectations. Foreigners had come through before expressing interest but never followed through.

"But Ian, it's not like that," Zondiwe says, singer and percussionist Joseph Nekwankwe providing translation. "He came back and said 'OK, I recorded your songs. Here's your profit.'"

The Malawi Mouse Boys make their own instruments. Their four-string guitar was built with sheet metal and tree limbs. They use plastic water coolers and bicycle spokes for percussion. But Brennan says the instruments are secondary.

"Their voices are really the core," he says. "They have such a unity that I think it's very similar to the Carter Family or The Jackson 5, where it's familial. They've been singing together their whole lives, people that have developed their voices literally together, that have learned to listen together, have opened their ears to each other and with each other."

Getting their voices heard became a mission for Brennan. First he got the album released on a British label.

"That no record had ever been released in any substantial way, given a real fair chance in the world, is so absurd when you think about the tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions, of records that come out of Los Angeles and New York and London - predominantly, mostly, in English," Brennan says.

Last year, he took the Malawi Mouse Boys to England to perform at the WOMAD Festival. It was their first trip outside their country, and they sang in their native Chichewa language to an audience of more than 10,000. They also recorded a second album. Nekwankwe says it's a miracle they've come this far.

"Maybe we can say it's a plan of God," he says. "Because to us, to reach where we are now, using these local instruments, it's not a joke. In our country in Malawi, we have got many people who are using electric guitars and instruments, but they didn't reach America."

Next year, they'll travel to Australia for the 2015 WOMAD Festival. And they hope to come back to the U.S.

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Malawi Mouse Boys: Hunting Mice And Singing In Harmony

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Malawi is a small, landlocked country in southeast Africa, one of the continent's least developed, the population mostly rural and agricultural. But over the past two years, some of its music has begun to reach the wider world, thanks in part to the efforts of Ian Brennan.

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Folk Tales Preserving Project:
https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/csr/ForTheNextGeneration/malawi/

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https://www.mwnation.com/saving-malawi-cultures-collectively/

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Malawi is blessed with numerous tribal groupings. These make the country a cultural melting pot.

Lately different tribes have established cultural groupings to preserve their beliefs and practices.

Although Malawi has these diverse cultures, the country remains one nation with one people. Informed by such a position, a new national cultural grouping -The Malawi Cultural Heritage Association (Macha), has been formed.

"We are yet to formally register and become a fully fledged non-governmental organisation, but once we are in business full time, our goal is to promote diversity of cultures," said interim chairperson Richard Mdyetseni.

The association, which has a membership of over 20 groups, will also help government use culture to promote tourism.

"In other countries culture is a serious tourism. We want to promote the same in Malawi," said Mdyetseni.

Despite the proliferation of various cultural groups, he believes there are challenges which have to be dealt with at national level to ensure culture and heritage drive the tourism agenda.

Explained Mdyetseni: "Some of these challenges are lack of national leadership for the culture and heritage sub-sector and lack of creativity to make culture a tourism product. There are no documented causes for production and marketing of culture as a tourism product, resource mobilisation for the operations and investments in the sector is still a problem, among others."
How will Macha operate?
According to Mdyetseni, the national heritage group will strive to promote all member groups so that Malawi's diverse cultures are well preserved and promoted.

"We will be conducting and documenting the origins, beliefs and values of various cultures in Malawi for posterity and transmission to younger generations and for research purposes," he said.

Macha, he opined, will also raise awareness and attract tourists through periodic national events such as carnivals, exhibitions and road shows.

"We will be lobbying relevant authorities such as parliamentary committees to enable allocation of resources in meeting the 2018-2022 MGDSIII which places tourism in the third priority area," added Mdyetseni.

The groups under Macha include Mngumano wa A Sena ndi Amang'anja, Muhlako Wa Alhomwe, Chewa Heritage Foundation, Mzimba Heritage Association, Chiwanja Cha A Yao, Tumbuka Heritage, Mdawuku Wa A Tonga, Maseko Ngonis, Karonga-Chitipa Heritage and Mchinji Ngonis Heritage Association.
Challenges currently facing cultural groups
"We lack creativity by institutions and the general public to come up with a Malawi cultural product. We also have poor publicity, production and marketing of culture as a tourism product which then leads to lack of identifiable investment and resource availability for the subsector," Mdyetseni pointed out.

Further he said there is lack of cooperation between various cultural groups across Malawi and there is need to form partnerships with private companies and individuals with similar agenda.

Earlier this month, Inkosi Gomani V told The Nation that it is the responsibility of this generation to ensure that Malawi preserves her cultural heritage.

"That is why we as Maseko Ngonis will be building a cultural village where we will promote our cultures and traditions," he said.

As the group gets set to conquer the world of cultures and traditions, it has a strong and representative interim committee.

Reacting to the news, Eggrey Khofi, who is a Lhomwe, said the umbrella body is welcome as it will help foster unity.

"Much as these traditional groups are good, at times they have acted as catalysts of division among Malawians due to ethnic lines. This body unifies everyone," she said.

Rachel Phiri, who said she is a Chewa, said she is yet to see the fruits of the new group. n

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Saving malawi cultures collectively - The Nation Online

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Malawi is blessed with numerous tribal groupings. These make the country a cultural melting pot. Lately different tribes have established cultural groupings to preserve their beliefs and practices. Although Malawi has these diverse cultures, the country remains one nation with one people. Informed by such a position, a new national cultural grouping -The Malawi Cultural [...]

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https://www.tasteofsouthernafrica.com/blog/2020/4/24/cultural-wear-and-fabrics-from-southern-africa
please scroll to "Chitenje from Malawi" to read about Chitenji  clothes.

History of Chintege:
https://wilderness-safaris.com/blog/posts/unwrapping-the-cultural-history-of-the-chitenge
The article explained when and how to wear a chitenji.

Production of Chintenge:
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1929&context=tsaconf
Due to economical concerns, factory printed cloth are used widely. It's explained in the article above that the patterns printed on the cloth "convey political issues or spiritual messages of intent and belief this visual language of dress performs a powerful function in cultural expression in Malawi."

The pattern on the Chintenji is called the Kente Pattern.
The Kente pattern is used in in Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Lesotho, Ethiopia, and Zimbabwe, etc. Originated from Ghanan.

Source:
https://www.philamuseum.org/micro_sites/exhibitions/africanart/resource_book/object_text.pdf

Brief description of KANTE:
thttps://blog.yizzam.com/african-patterns-meaning-and-symbology/
Please scroll to "Kente cloth" and read about Kente cloth and what each color represents.

Patterns and meaning :
https://www.kentecloth.net/kente-cloth-patterns/
Apart from colors, patterns on Kente cloth also have each unique symbolism.

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https://youtu.be/ytCXqMXO7Sk

The video above is about a group of Malawians kid performing Chinese Kung Fu. Malawi doesn't have any traditional martial art but were strongly influenced by Chinese and Japnese culture instead.

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https://www.facebook.com/moc2020/videos/a-glimpseour-judo-our-sport/977114622629035/

The video above is from the facebook page of Malawi Olympic Committee. This is showing Malawi’s engagement and interest in global events which might be influenced by globalization.

*Athletes from Malawi won 4 medals from the Maseru Regional games a week ago.

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Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know.

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Peter Mawanga is a musician and producer. The audio file above is his music and interview explaining the main purpose of his music.

His Website:
https://petermawanga.com/

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The above picture is 2 Vintage carved ebony wood African Thin Elongated tribal figurine Malawi art (each is approx 15" tall)

Google Map street view  Of Mua mission, a museum where high quality wood carving is produced and sold.

https://www.malawitourism.com/regions/central-malawi/mua-mission/

Ebony wood carving in Malawi (Lignum Vitae)
Disappearing because of hard labour and lack of resources.

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Practices during burial:
https://face2faceafrica.com/article/chewa-the-tribe-in-malawi-that-prepared-meals-with-water-from-a-corpse-during-burial
The article above explained the ritulas and practices Malawians follows when burying the death.

A malawian funeral:
https://www.progressio.org.uk/blog/ics-blog/malawi-malawian-funeral

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Joyce Banda, First Female President of Malawi

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Joyce Banda, First Female President of Malawi

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A article wirtten by Johnson Sirleaf, the President of Liberia:
https://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/joyce-banda/

Malawi’s first female President, Joyce Banda is an activist that committed to gender issues.

Britanica Page (Biography and facts)
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joyce-Banda

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"Although African women vary in appearance, most of the women depicted conformed to Eurocentric standards of beauty through straight or store-bought hair, thinness, and light or medium skin tone."

Beauty Standards in Africa:
https://africanfeminism.com/body-politics-and-beauty-standards/

A article written by Jessica Mandanda, a young African feminist from Malawi explaining the beauty standard of African woman is to "set by yourself, for yourself."

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White, which symbolizes spirituality and purity. It is rarely worn as the color is reserved for the purest of tribesmen.

Gold, which represents wealth and fertility, worn primarily by those hoping to achieve prosperity.

Green, which also represents prosperity, but isn’t as commonly worn as gold. It, too, is a medicinal color that indicates health.

Red, the color of blood, which is representative of political troubles or spiritual tensions.

Blue, the most harmonious of all colors and representative of love and peace. It also reflects the earth, sky, and water.

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https://www.fairiaibiza.com/collections/ponchos

"A garment of a type originally worn in South America, made of a thick piece of woollen cloth with a slit in the middle for the head."

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A webshop with bags, clothes and feather earrings with a bohemian touch. Located in Ibiza, Spain

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EugFgFoPUY

Gospel music is the most popular music genre in Malawi after the Malawi jazz band era, 1970 - 1990 when multiparty start banning music.

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MPHATSO JINGISONI MWALE -  NDI YAWEH - MALAWI OFFICIAL GOSPEL MUSIC VIDEO

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https://malawitravel.org/do-and-see/zomba-market.html

A short tour to the market:
https://youtu.be/RvRFGyyuKVk

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A one-hour drive from Blantyre is the town of Zomba. It has a nice large town flea market in the centre. A melting pot of farmers will sell their goods in rows of stalls. From rakes and radishes to sponges and smoked fish, you can get everything at Zomba market.

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fresh meat and chicken from the farms in malawi

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A one-hour drive from Blantyre is the town of Zomba. It has a nice large town flea market in the centre. A melting pot of farmers will sell their goods in rows of stalls. From rakes and radishes to sponges and smoked fish, you can get everything at Zomba market.

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https://ich.unesco.org/doc/src/26206-EN.pdf

The pdf file above is a full explanatory of Malawian culture.

Please scroll to "5.4.2 Traditional Food Preservation and Preparation" to understand various kind of indigenous food that are disappearing because only the typical villagers practice them.

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First person experience of the death ritual

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First person experience of the death ritual

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https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/12398/3/Nyau%20Philosophy%20Final%20corrections%20291017.pdf

The article above explained the art and culture of Malawi in a form similar to an autobiography. Providing first person description describing his experience growing up in Malawi.

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Originated from South Africa. It's worn by a friend of the first female president of Malawi, Joyce Banda. Her friend is the president of South Africa, Mandela. The clothes' name was inspired by his clan name "Madiba".

Mandela claims that Madiba shirts allows him to stood out from other politicians,

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Kwassa kwassa is a dance where the hips move back and forth while the hands move to follow the hips

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SOUTH AFRICAN AND CONGOLESE LADIES DANCE KWASAKWASA

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https://www.travelingeast.com/africa/malawi/ten-interesting-facts-about-malawi/

Ten interesting facts about Malawi that guides you to have a brief understanding of Malawians culture and people.

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https://www.southworld.net/malawi-dancing-with-the-spirit/

Explanations of different kinds of dancedVimbuza healing dance. performed in Malawi including Gule Wamkulu, Chisamba dance, Chilimika dance, and the Vimbuza healing dance.

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It is a country with over 10 ethnic groups, each with different cultural traditions and beliefs. The dance represents one of the highest cultural performances of these cultural groups.
A glance at some of the dances.
In the central region of Malawi live the Ngoni people and they are around 750 thousand people in all. One of their famous dances is called the Ingoma. It was originally a war dance performed after a successful battle.
The men in the Ingoma are dressed in an elaborate and decorative way. Their costume includes headgear made of feathers, ornaments worn on the limbs, a network of beads wrapped across the chest and stomach, and around the neck various types of animal skin hang. They carry a spear or club, and a shield. The women instead wear an ordinary Chilundu (a piece of cloth) from the waist downwards, and a blouse and headgear called duku. In the Ingoma dance, men dance in straight lines while women form lines on the side of the men.
The men sing and stamp their feet, wielding their shields, spears and clubs symbolising a war scene while the women sing, clap and ululate in unison with the men's dance performance.

The Chewa people live also in the central region of the country. One of the important dances of the Chewa is called Gule Wamkulu ('great dance'). The people involved in the dance are believed to be communicating with the ancestral spirits as part of the religion. The Gule Wamkulu ritual includes songs and dances performed by masked individuals disguised as animals. It is a symbolic representation of the invisible spirit world performed for various events, such as initiation ceremonies, healing rituals, funerals, and so on.
The Gule Wamkulu dance was, and is, a secret cult which the Chewa people highly respect. The people who perform this dance are only those who have been initiated into Nyau tradition and the dancers are all men.

The Chisamba dance, instead, is a female initiation ritual which is a complement of the male initiation in Gule Wamkulu. Its purpose is to turn girls into attractive women and takes place at a tree of maidenhood ( Mtengo Wa Anamwali). Here, girls receive instructions on the protocols of womanhood. The Chisamba dance is led by a senior woman, usually the chief's sister and known as Namkungwi. This dance is also performed at the funerals of chiefs and important individuals in the village.Another common dance among the Chewa is the Mganda dance. This is probably the second most popular dance after the Gule Wamkulu, among the Chewa.
It is primarily an entertainment dance performed during wedding ceremonies. The dancers are usually in a group of 6 to 10, sometimes more, with a drummer in front of the dancers.
Men who form two or three lines facing in the same direction perform it but, as they dance, they systematically face all directions. The dancers hold small flags and a ' badza' (made from a gourd).
During wedding ceremony performances, entertained viewers throw money to the most entertaining dancer.
The Mganda is also performed merely for entertainment at functions such as political party rallies.

In the north of the country among the Tumbuka people, a popular dance is called the Vimbuza. It is a healing dance. After being diagnosed, patients undergo a healing ritual.
For this purpose, women and children of the village form a circle around the patient, who slowly enters into a trance, and sing songs to call helping spirits. The only men taking part are those who beat spirit-specific drum rhythms and, in some cases, a male healer.
Singing and drumming combine to create a powerful experience, providing a space for patients to 'dance their disease'. The Vimbuza healing ritual goes back to the mid-nineteenth century, when it developed as a means of overcoming traumatic experiences of oppression, and it further developed as a healing dance.
For the Tumbuka, the Vimbuza has artistic value and a therapeutic function that complements other forms of medical treatment. It is still practised in rural areas where the Tumbuku live and is performed by both men and women, usually at night.
The Sendemule is a traditional dance performed by the Balambia people of Chitipa in northern Malawi during funerals, chief installation ceremonies, and for entertainment. When it is performed at funerals, the songs are appropriately mournful, and when it is performed at a chief's installation ceremony, or when a dangerous animal like a lion is killed, the songs depict triumph. Today the Sendemule is performed at many social gatherings, where the dancers usually dress casually.

In the Nkhata Bay District in the Northern Region the Chilimika (meaning year) is performed mostly by Tonga women and youth.
At each New Year's Day, young men and women congregate at the village arena to entertain the village with the Chilimika. It is actually a very humorous dance and is mostly performed by men.
The Manganje is an initiation dance performed by the Yao people in the central and south region and is performed at the initiation of boys. When boys (initiates) leave for, and then come out of the ( Jando) enclosure, the dance is performed to celebrate the occasion. Today the Manganje is also performed for entertainment.
In the south, among the Lomwe people the Tchopa dance is performed. In the past the dance was performed during a tribal war as well as the Nsembe (sacrifice offering) ceremonies when a calamity has struck. During tribal wars, men used to dance, informing the folks that they were back with news of victory. It is now mostly performed for entertainment. Another popular form of dance practiced in the villages around the country is the Chitelera. It is mostly performed for entertainment on full-moon nights by young girls, but is also used as a form of inter-village competition. Teams of girls travel to neighboring villages to see which village has the more talented dancers. The girls form circles as they dance.

Patrick Limbani
Open Photo: Gule Wamkulu dance. CC-BY-SA-4.0/Harrymagalasi6

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It is a country with over 10 ethnic groups, each with different cultural traditions and beliefs. The dance represents one of the highest cultural performances of these cultural groups. A glance at some of the dances. In the central region of Malawi live the Ngoni people and they are around 750 thousand people in all.

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Zambia is beside Malawi and two countries have similar cultural practices. They share a same bantu language called Chichewa.

The audio file above is a Zambia girl, Britta Natasha Kawinga singing lullaby in Chichewa. Translation of lyrics is below.

Translation:

*in English*

My name is Britta Natasha Kawinga i'm a native from eastern part of Zambia my father is in Ngoni and my mother is in Nsenga

*in Chichewa*

My name is Britta Kawinga, I am from the east.

I will sing you a song in Chichewa

This is the first song that comforts a child when he cries

And the song is my answer

Whoa, whoa

the baby cries, she wants milk

give him to his mother to cook for him

lick beans back he aa aa yeah yeah yeah

Baby cry for hunger Baby cry for sleep

aa yeah The baby cries, she wants milk

give him to his mother to cook for him the beans and return to him

baby cry for hunger baby cry for sleep

*in English*

So basically, in the chihuahua couch when a child is crying, when a child wants to sleep, this is the lullaby that the mother would sing to the child. The other one is usually sung when women are pounding and it goes like this

Titwe, titwe, no titwe, zangalewa

Titwe, titwe, no titwe, zangalewa

The queen mother came into the shop with a cow's tail and in a stick in his hand

Titwe, titwe, no titwe, zangalewa

Titwe, titwe, no titwe, zangalewa

The queen enters the shop And in the tail of the ox And in a stick in the hands aii!  aii!

*in English*

Thank you

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Translated with Google Translate, some may be incorrect or incomprehensible.

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Britta speaking Chichewa (Nyanja) | Bantu languages | Folk songs | Wikitongues

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Britta speaking Chichewa (Nyanja) | Bantu languages | Folk songs | Wikitongues

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Malawian Street Food (slide show and photo gallery)

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Malawian Street Food (slide show and photo gallery)

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The above ppt slide show showed a series of street food sold in Malawi.

Linking to one of my resources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malawian_cuisine

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This is a photo gallery of some handicraft in Malawi.

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The Interview of the Designer of Madiba Shirts-Desré Buirski

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The Interview of the Designer of Madiba Shirts-Desré Buirski

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https://soundcloud.com/primediabroadcasting/dressing-mandela-with-desr?utm_source=Email&utm_campaign=social_sharing&utm_medium=widgetutm_content=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fprimediabroadcasting%2Fdressing-mandela-with-desr

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Dressing Mandela with Desré Buirski, the designer of the Madiba Shirt by Primedia Broadcasting

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http://arjentola.blogspot.com/2007/05/malawi-folk-tale.html

A translated folktale (eng) from Malawi.

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Malawi Folk-tales 1. The Lion and the Herbalist Long time ago, a hunter set out to hunt with his dog. He set up some traps in the...

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ctOvO_zEPXWlUNa93Me1YJe1UWUAH2sELIENAgl8yj4/edit?usp=sharing