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The language that Burundians mostly speak is Kirundi, however French is also spoken but by the minority. The Kirundi language is in the Kinyarwanda-Kirundi group which is also in the Niger-Congo branch, of which is in the Bantu family.

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Over 62% of Burundians are Christian, which is certainly diffused from Europe. Christianity is definitely a universalizing religion as they try to be everywhere on Earth.

Christians worship a single god (monotheism) and have a pretty simple worshiping style. They attend a Church where different ceremonies are held, praising to god with music or speech, different prayers, many have choirs sing and reading verses or scriptures from their holy Bible. Christian churches can be very simple, or extremely beautiful and complex in massive Roman cathedrals.

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The biggest ethnicity group in Burundi are the Hutu which make up for 80-85% of the population. They are spread over all of Burundi greatly. The second biggest ethnic group are the Tutsi who only account for 15% of the population. They both speak Kirundi and both are mostly Christian.

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Women in Burundi actually account for more than 52% of the workforce in the culture. Most women work in the agricultural sector. While women do help quite a bit in the economy, they still face many gender-violence issues. The government has been very slow on getting support for women.

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Story telling in Burundi is an important way of teaching as a genocide killed many of the higher educated Burundians, then stalling written culture. Now because of this and a low literacy rate, oral traditions have become more important.

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Another example of a folk culture are the Royal Drummers. They are accompanied by traditional dancers.

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Burundians play soccer like many other countries in the world.

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Another example of pop culture is that Burundians celebrate New Year's Day and Christian holidays.

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The Hutu and Tutsi have had a massive Civil War in the past that led to 300,000 deaths over time and tensions have calmed but are not helped by a lot of violence in the country from the government.

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http://www.iwacu-burundi.org/englishnews/culture-ministry-dedicates-week-to-emblematic-drum-dance-to-promote-culture/

I thought this article tied to this Unit of Study (Culture) because this man is protesting the governments bill to stop drummers for drumming when they want. He wants to preserve their traditions of drumming as they always have been.