The Madi people of West Nile, Uganda, demonstrate a communal lifestyle where families build adjacent houses on shared land, using locally sourced materials like papyrus for carpets and curtains, and showcase exceptional hospitality through traditional dance, drumming, and singing to welcome visitors, challenging common misconceptions about Northern Uganda being a dry region.
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Hello, good morning everyone and once again welcome back to my YouTube channel. I am Tony for you, a Ugandan tourist guide. So guys, um today we are in West Nile. Yes, I'm going to be showing you the way of life of some tribes in the West Nile, most especially the muddy people. All what you have to do is subscribe. Subscribe to my YouTube channel and enjoy the rest of the video.
Yes. Uh my beautiful viewers, you can't wait to see what I really brought you today. I brought you something different. You see the community that I am in. Yes, you're going to see all what happens here. Uh how these people live, how they will come. Guys, it is really really really interesting. What you have to do is subscribe to my YouTube channel. Those who are my subscribers, you're doing something great. I really love you so much. Yes. And I always make these um videos just for you. Yes. This is a community where we are. Everything you're seeing, it is a community. I'm going to be taking you through and hope you really enjoy.
Wow. So guys, it's a very good morning uh inaka mio district in Etomani village, right?
>> Yes. So we are going to be entering uh where we had a night from. Guys, you can't wait to see how beautiful this house is. We're going to be making a tour inside this house. Um the way you can see this house it can accommodate uh how many people how many people can sleep here?
>> Around you say >> around 20 even >> 20 people can comfortably >> sleep in this place. So I'm going to be showing you uh how it looks like inside.
And uh guess what? I know you'll be surprised.
Yes.
So, here we go. H when you're entering, you have to leave your shoes outside. You can see there are even curtains inside the house. So, here we go.
Wow.
So, uh actually this is this is next level. You see there is even a ceiling.
Yeah, I'll call it a ceiling inside.
There is light. So, you have you have nothing to worry about. And this person designed it very well because was expecting visitors. As you can see, there are curtains everywhere. There are curtains everywhere.
Wow. And you know how the carpet looks like? It's made from uh this is what?
>> Papyrus.
>> Yes.
>> Papyrus. It's made from papyrus.
So uh guys, I can tell you that people in this area are really creative and this is their way of life. Yes, this is their way of life.
So you can imagine uh uh yes uh what is uh made me surprised was that actually here in in of the community that we are in in Atomi land is owned you would say communally.
Yes. like um a family gets up a piece of land or acquires a piece of land and they all come and build within the same area. As you can see those houses all those houses belongs to to one family like um a brother constructs the other side also another brother just family members close within the community. Yes, as you can see. And now actually they're very beautiful houses. Very beautiful houses.
>> I can I can tell you. So now uh what you're seeing in front of us uh that is um guess what? It's a bathroom. Yes.
Very nice. Actually, I like the way they build. That's a bathroom. And um that's where we had shower from. That's where we bath from.
Yes. So as you can see that is the bathroom. Um we are going to be entering uh the bathroom. I will show you very well clearly how it looks like.
Yeah actually it's wide enough even two people can shower from here. So let's get in and see what happens there. Uh so you people we are going to be entering in the bathroom. Yes we're going to be entering in the bathroom. Yeah, some of you have been seeing it from outside and you think maybe it is small and people someone may not fit there. Okay, so here we go. This is our bathroom as you can see.
Yes. So we are going to be entering inside the bathroom. Ah la.
So, uh, this morning, this morning, this is where I made my shower from. I bathed from here. Yes, this very morning. So, you can see the bathroom. Actually, it is even wide. But when you see it from outside, you might think maybe it is something small. So, guys, um, we are in Maddi Okolo.
Mio district uh in a place called Ofaka.
Yes, in a place called Ofaka. So we are with the community within the community.
They're trying to show us how they live their life.
They're trying to show us how they live their life. Yes. Uh what you do is subscribe to my YouTube channel.
Subscribe to my YouTube channel. Uh and keep following updates.
Yes. I'm going to be dropping much much more here on my YouTube channel. Yes. Uh so um this is the way of life of of the Maddi people. The Maddi people. The Miy people is a tribe in Uganda. I think they originally from um Sudan, South Sudan, I would say. Yes. So we visited this community together with uh I joined the Fatro City Walkers. Um big shout out for Porto City Walkers. Um and the the leading team that Yeah. Foto city walkers. So you can see all this beautiful environment is found in West Nile. You know some people always think that Northern Uganda is majorly a dry area. So you see the greenery. Yeah. The place is nice is is cool is green.
When when you talk about northern Uganda, most people think of of a desert or semiarid something like that. But now guys, this is what I saw. Do do you know how these people will come?
I got I got I got I My legal goal.
Wow. As you can see, these people are so hospitable. They will come dance in a way that we didn't even expect. They were drumming. They were dancing for us.
They were singing. Actually, I've not seen a community that is so welcoming like the mi people. Guys, did you know we walked like 4 kilometers while these people are singing for us?
Hey, the window.
Hallelujah.
>> Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow.
Wow. Wow. Guys, guys, guys. It's getting crazy. Today we are in Oaka land. I'm going to bring you the best cultural experience you have ever seen. What you have to do is subscribe to my YouTube channel. Subscribe to my YouTube channel and enjoy the full video from the West Nile of Uganda. Guys, it is a lot happening today. We are in West Nile in Oaka. The place is called near Aai Aai wildlife reserve. What you have to do is subscribe to my YouTube channel and enjoy.
Enjoy.
>> Say hi. Say hi. Say hi. Say you're dancing.
Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello.
district here.
We are looking to encourage people to understand the concept of global tourism and we are here to make connections. We are here between >> this is the best entry I've ever had.
Let's see.
>> And finally this is where we were coming. Yes, we are coming. This was the venue. Now can you imagine? We walked like 4 kilometers where these people are dancing for us, are saying for us, are welcoming us. Yes. Uh those guys you see in front that is the legend.
There is Oh my god. Okay. One one of the of the group leaders of city walkers.
Much appreciation goes to Voto City Walkers and Ununice. Ununice. Uh she's that lady you're seeing. Um yes she's a community member. She comes from actually we are visiting her. That is the lady in white. Yeah that is Unis.
She's the one who was hosting us in this place. We had a wonderful experience. If at all you like to visit uh this community, please make your inquiries.
Make your inquiries. If you want to visit uh the community and have the best African cultural experience, please, you are highly welcome. We will arrange a package for you and you'll enjoy it to the fullest. Now guys, something very interesting. We thought it is all over.
We thought we have reached the place.
This is the community. Now it is all over. That's what we thought. You see people are almost that is angel people are almost exhausted. Yeah that is angel in front of them in the middle that is tinker and travel with bash one of the the group leaders for city walkers. So we thought that is it all we have we have like it is done but guess what the battle is just getting started.
Baby.
Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
They are all me.
God bless you. Hallelujah.
H my beautiful viewers, my lovely subscribers, thank you for watching my video and kindly if you're new here, subscribe to my YouTube channel and put uh the notification bell on uh in case we upload a new video, you're ready to see us. Yes, we have a we had a wonderful campfire. Very wonderful. You see uh someone was trying to test the drum.
Yeah, I was was testing the drum. Check one, two. Yes, guys. Thank you for watching. I'm really happy. See you in my next video.
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