Traditional Architecture

Uganda Traditional Architecture at the Centre of Ecotourism and Cultural Tourism.

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Collaboration architecture as we know it is likely to disappear and, in the future, the role of architects may be very different to how we recognize it today. 

Specialists in, for example, environmental science and social anthropology will become active team members in design studios, Ugandan architects struggle with the dilemma of what’s important in the modern era. 

The Ugandan traditional building is a round grassthatched mud hut in a homestead. Having evolved over centuries, it has responded to existing materials, technologies, skills and cultural practices and attitudes. 

In Uganda, traditional housing is typically characterised by thatched roofs, mud walls, and open eaves, whereas more modern housing is built with metal roofs, concrete or brick walls, and closed eaves.

Uganda culture ,way of life is now a rich centre of uganda ecotourism and cultural tourism. Many regions in uganda have kingdoms including buganda, busoga, bunyoro and toro.Ugandans are remarkablly hospitable and hail from a diversity of rich cultures and life styles each tribe has it’s own traditional dance ; the banyankole perform their kitagururo dance , the banyoro have their runyege , acholi have the bwora and otole dances. 

Ankole bahima traditional houses, an arch work. 

Ankole bahima traditional houses, the milk house was the central house and it organised the homestead, its where most activities took place , visitor entertainment, milk storage, ghee making, story telling among others. The unmarried sons house had to be next to the kraal for the cattle’s security. The toilet and bathroom were in. 

Traditional crafts of uganda;

Traditional crafts of uganda. In the case of baganda, banyoro, and basoga the potters are men and there are strong taboos against women approaching the clay pits. For bavuma, bagishu, acholi and madi, the potters are women. Then in other tribes both men and women do pottery. These include the bakiga, and bairu. The same way, construction of houses is a duty of men among majority Ugandan societies, however, in some societies in northern Uganda construction of houses is by women or shared responsibility.

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