Things I didn't know about uganda cluture

Things I didn't know about uganda cluture

1.You will be called a mzungui= white person, by every little kid on the street no matter what time of day some even proceed to flow you and shout Mzungi mzungi.
2. The chicken gizzard is for the guest. YUMMMY
3. You can not ask a pregnant woman when she is due. Only the father of the baby should ask. Plus there is a superstition that if someone knows one's due date that person could cast a spell on the mother. Opps happen only once and will never do it again.
4. Washing your undergarments by another person, Opps again I went to a laundrymatt in Waskio town and told the man at the counter how much and he proceeded to give me a cost of 10, 000 shillings and I noticed my 15 pairs of underwear were more expensive than my jeans. In a hurry to go I said ok. After speaking with a local Uganda friend he explained that if someone finds out that they washed your undergarments they will be ridiculed and lose respect and self esteem. OPPPS won't do that again.
5. When you explain to a Uganda that you are lost that means I have not seen you for a while.
6. Its too sweet means= It is delicious and will give you more.
7. I have been in my home stay for a couple of weeks and the 1 ½ yr old does not wear diappers they are way to expensive so when the baby has to pee it just pee's yeah learned that one the hard way too.
8. Women here do everything, wash, work, take care of babies, garden, clean ect... I don't really see men doing much of anything.
9. There are three types of marriage, Civil Law marriage, basic marriage just means no paper work. And Polygamy yup that’s right a lot of Uganda have multiple wives. Never in the same home and usually not spoken about. It gets very confusing on who is who.
10. Everyone tries to dress very nice business casual. There is no real gender specific clothes either. You will see some men wear women clothes and shoes. Men wear pink and love it.
11. Watch out for Bododas( motorcycles) they do not care if you are in the street and will clip you if you are not paying attention.
12. Matooke every single night gets old quick. Matook is a banana plant like that they steam all day and it taste like paste unless you put some type of sauce on it, but uganda loves it.
13. NO child safety laws. Children ride on the back of bododas all the time. No car seats have not seen a single one and they don't know what I am talking about. So far a child’s favorite toy is the unkoko ( chicken ) or the plastic bag they found in the trash, they make kites and some younger one just put in mouth. You rarely seen children toys.