Uganda Arts and Culture

In our Uganda Arts and Culture category you shall find informations about the large diversity to be find in Uganda in these fields.

Uganda has a wide array of handicraft products, ranging from basketry, mats, ceramics, beads. Besides you shall find pottery, hand textiles and woven products to toys, jewellery, bags, leather products, batik and wood craft.

Carving is an especially popular form, with scenes from Ugandan history and legend incised on hardwood shields or screens.

Ugandan traditions include folk music, dances, foods, clothing, and building styles, among others.

Once in Uganda, take the chance to visit local communities. In order to enrich your own horizon and to learn and to explore the different cultures.

Support the local artists by visiting one of the culture centers in Kampala, or a cultural event.

There is a lot to discover – apart from our rich wildlife and gorilla tracking ;-)