Exploring More of Pojulu Culture 🇸🇸| Day 2, Juba, South Sudan vlog

Added: 2026-05-20

[00:00:07][music] [music] [music] >> I love the dressing and I love my culture. Okay. And then I do the things that I do to impress my culture and myself. All right. So, my plan is to see the best I can bring out. For my people.

[00:00:36]South Sudan? Mhm. South Sudan, I got it.

[00:00:39]Pojulu? Yeah.

[00:00:43]I'm going to crash later.

[00:00:45]Why not be dressed up later?

[00:00:48]What's up, ladies and gentlemen? You're welcome back to another video. It's Takaboy again and today I'm in the second day of the Pojulu Cultural Festival.

[00:00:58]So, and I'm here with Hakim. Hakim. You guys know this guy is a YouTuber in South Sudan. So, this is the second day of the Pojulu Cultural Festival.

[00:01:13]International too? Pentagon. Come on, music here.

[00:01:23]How's the festival?

[00:01:25]The festival is very good.

[00:01:28]So, you're enjoying?

[00:01:31]Why running?

[00:01:32]Okay, what message do you want to tell the people watching?

[00:01:35]Message you want to tell?

[00:01:37]You're fearing?

[00:01:47]What happened to this person?

[00:01:50]What happened to this guy?

[00:01:53]What happened? I don't know.

[00:01:57]This this one I asked him.

[00:02:19]So ladies and gentlemen, this is the second day of the Pojulu cultural festival. So what they are doing today is the different tribes of South Sudan they are given chance to perform on the stage, but I came late so I don't know whether I will manage to record other tribes, but if we get any tribe performing we are going to record. So if you're watching me for the first time you need to subscribe to my YouTube channel so that if I post any video about South Sudan you will get a notification. And guys, by the way there are 64 tribes. [laughter] There are 64 tribes here in South Sudan.

[00:02:44]And inside we're going to check some of them. Okay. So here we have the Pojulu tribe. They're going to perform.

[00:02:50]And it's going to be massive guys and it's going to be a vibe.

[00:02:54]You see everyone is putting on the Pojulu Attire attire.

[00:02:59]So we have beautiful just white and green everywhere. Yeah, white and green.

[00:03:05]And actually it's not only the Pojulu people putting on that kind of attire.

[00:03:08]Like almost the other countries are also putting.

[00:03:12]Like not other countries like any tribe.

[00:03:14]>> Yeah. They are also putting the same thing because they are coming to support the Pojulu people, right? And yeah. And yes, by the way it rained heavily today.

[00:03:20]The road is brand new. You can see.

[00:03:23]They've constructed the road.

[00:03:24]>> branded the road. Yeah. It's looking good and amazing.

[00:03:27]So guys, if you're watching for the first time subscribe. This is the second day of the Pojulu cultural festival.

[00:03:33]Let's move. Let's keep showing you around.

[00:03:37]And there are a lot of businesses and we're going to be checking some of them.

[00:03:40]One by one. Yeah, one by one. Yeah.

[00:03:44]So the good thing is there are kids here and their parents and the the parents are passing the culture to the next generation. That's the only thing I love.

[00:03:54]That's good. Okay.

[00:03:56]This is the Pojulu Cultural Festival, man.

[00:03:58]>> See, it's full. It's packed. Yeah.

[00:04:00]So, it's like it's very hard like to enter inside, but we're going to try our best to enter inside. Yeah.

[00:04:11]So, over there that's that's the banner.

[00:04:13]We can check. Let's check the banner.

[00:04:16]That's the banner for the culture.

[00:04:23]This is the banner for the cultural festival.

[00:04:26]So, I think this is their motto.

[00:04:28]Unique power and victory. Yeah. So, these are the kids dancing.

[00:04:34]These kids they know how to dance.

[00:04:35]>> Yeah, they know how to dance.

[00:04:40]So, now the elders will pass the the knowledge to the kids and it will just continue.

[00:04:46]Written Pojulu Cultural Festival 2026.

[00:04:49]Our culture Inspiring unity across generations.

[00:04:54]Amazing, man.

[00:04:59]So, if you're watching us for the first time, I want you guys to subscribe to the channel.

[00:05:03]Go and subscribe to Hakim. Hakim also, so that when he posts video about our country South Sudan and about our culture Okay. you will just automatically see the video. There are some businesses which are set behind there. I think you can move around there.

[00:05:15]>> Yeah, there are businesses there. I think you can take this line.

[00:05:18]We are first taking you through the business.

[00:05:21]Yes.

[00:05:22]Come on.

[00:05:23]Let's see.

[00:05:31]Look at all these guys.

[00:05:33]In South Sudan, people doesn't usually beg.

[00:05:36]Like these kids they they have been watching me online. That's why they are greeting me.

[00:05:40]So, we we have the Mundari's here.

[00:05:43]Hey, Kev.

[00:06:22]>> So, I think it's time to talk to the girls.

[00:06:26]Uh-huh.

[00:06:27]They're talking to the girls.

[00:06:30]To the girls.

[00:06:45]I'm a crash letter.

[00:06:47]Mhm, one of them is dressed in leather.

[00:07:10]>> [laughter] >> It's okay. It's okay. You're trying to get the girls.

[00:07:13]You're trying to get the What did you say? What did you say?

[00:07:17]What did you say?

[00:07:21]>> [laughter] >> Let's go. Let's go. Okay, let's go. We proceed, guys. So, So these are the Mundari people trying to propose to So guys, trying to date them for the new ladies.

[00:07:46]May I feel like eating some eggs? You feel like eating this thing? Yeah. We get some eggs. Better than the corn.

[00:07:52]>> business in South Sudan.

[00:07:54]Okay.

[00:07:55]Better than the corn.

[00:07:56]Bye.

[00:07:57]Bye.

[00:07:58]Better than the So this one is egg, guys. Made out of salt. Like they cook it, right? Yeah.

[00:08:04]Then they put salt behind it. Then this one is the one for yesterday.

[00:08:07]Then we have also this one. Made out of same >> Same? This soda? Uh Made out of same same. The same as the other one.

[00:08:19]Okay.

[00:08:19]>> Okay.

[00:08:22]Guess.

[00:08:23]Come on.

[00:08:25]Come on.

[00:08:30]The video. Tell them I'm going to go.

[00:08:33]Tell them to get it.

[00:08:34]You want to see yourself here?

[00:08:37]So right now she's peeling the egg.

[00:08:38]>> You want to see yourself?

[00:08:39]She's peeling the >> You are good?

[00:08:41]You look nice.

[00:08:44]Tell them.

[00:08:48]>> [laughter] >> These kids they want to see themselves in the So guys, right now we are testing like street food. This is the kind of the same hot dog.

[00:08:56]Which one? The the >> [laughter] >> This one is Yeah, this one is called sandowish. Here in Juba we call this sandowish.

[00:09:03]Yeah.

[00:09:07]So guys, we are trying to buy something from this small kid business in Juba, South Sudan here. And it's happening in the cultural festival. As you can see, those are the tents there. We have not yet entered inside, but we are going to go there to go and show you guys the tribes that are performing today.

[00:09:24]So I'm first showing showing you guys around the tents like the small markets and the things which are open inside here. So if you are watching me for the first time, I need you to subscribe. And remember this is the second day of the cultural festival. It's going to be a very big vibe, man. So, stay tuned because I'm going to show you everything that is going on inside the festival.

[00:09:43]And it's going to be for 24 hours. Today we are sleeping here. Yeah. We have an overnight. You guys have watched the other videos.

[00:09:49]We're going to dance until morning.

[00:09:54]We are ready.

[00:09:55]Our eggs are ready.

[00:09:58]Our eggs are ready.

[00:10:01]So, it's time to divide. Yeah.

[00:10:03]Test, test, test.

[00:10:07]Yeah.

[00:10:10]You pay pay the money.

[00:10:12]The last one.

[00:10:15]Can I squeeze?

[00:10:18]So, let us keep on touring.

[00:10:20]Let's take you guys to another place.

[00:10:24]I think Okay, we proceed. We will proceed.

[00:10:28]A lot of businessmen.

[00:10:32]But the sun is too hot. That's the problem right now.

[00:10:35]The temperature is always like 40° or 35° C.

[00:10:41]How are you?

[00:11:09]Okay.

[00:11:14]Okay.

[00:11:19]Okay, okay, okay.

[00:11:21]So, these are the Mundari people.

[00:11:24]They are very happy. They say we are all Bari speakers.

[00:11:27]They are celebrating and enjoying the cultural festival. Guys, in fact, we are one. We don't discriminate.

[00:11:33]We don't discriminate.

[00:11:35]Beautiful Fuji local You look sad. What's the problem?

[00:11:54]So guys, more people are pulling.

[00:11:57]The numbers are increasing.

[00:12:00]The numbers are increasing. I think you should buy some popcorn. What do you think?

[00:12:04]Yeah.

[00:12:07]Popcorn or this one? Which one do you prefer?

[00:12:10]This one is for kids. This one is for kids. Okay, let me just take this one.

[00:12:13]Okay.

[00:12:15]So we're taking some gin and tonic.

[00:12:26]So guys, we are just supporting this small business because these are people really struggling.

[00:12:32]And I think it's a mother holding a baby.

[00:12:35]I think she's tired.

[00:12:38]She's tired.

[00:12:42]So it's time now to go and show you guys the real vibes of the Fuji local market.

[00:12:45]>> So let us show them. There's something interesting over there.

[00:12:48]I don't know if it's a statue.

[00:12:50]These are the statues. Yeah, we saw them.

[00:12:56]We saw them what they're having.

[00:13:06]Let us all again. How did you make this one? And what is the meaning?

[00:13:12]That's a added. This one, how what did you do? What did you use to make it?

[00:13:15]This one?

[00:13:17]The wild one. Yeah, all of it. They're they're they're allowed.

[00:13:23]Yes. Okay.

[00:13:29]So this is specifically for Pujol?

[00:13:32]Oh simple.

[00:13:37]So what message you want to tell the people who are watching about the Pujol cultural festival of today?

[00:13:54]Okay.

[00:14:08]Okay.

[00:14:10]Yeah, yeah.

[00:14:14]>> [music] >> I think it's nature.

[00:14:19]That's good.

[00:14:20]Nice to meet you, okay? Well done.

[00:14:24]Okay guys. We have some ads. So the guy is saying the white shirt is still calling you again.

[00:14:33]Bring the mic, bro.

[00:14:35]How are you?

[00:14:36]You want to explain something about the Pujol cultural festival?

[00:14:41]Okay.

[00:14:44]>> [music] >> I just want to I love the dressing and I love my culture. Okay. And then I do the things that I do to impress my culture and myself. All right. So my plan is to see the best I can bring out.

[00:15:00]So this is the plan I have for the next coming festival. Okay.

[00:15:04]So what's your name?

[00:15:05]My name is Grace. What is the meaning of this one?

[00:15:10]The bead is a symbol. Beads are always symbol Okay. in our culture. A culture goes with beads. The symbol of our beads shows that the green color it is showing the vegetables in our land. Okay. And white color, it is a symbol of peace That's why we always love the peace that they give us the sound that they give us and it give us joy.

[00:15:40]That's amazing. So what message do you want to tell the people in the world watching you about the cultural center?

[00:15:44]The message I have is the message of love, of peace, of togetherness.

[00:15:50]That is the message I have. Okay, that's good. Thank you. Nice to meet you.

[00:15:54]Well done.

[00:15:55]So guys, so as I was saying, this guy is saying that the white is the sky, then the green is the grass.

[00:16:02]Yeah, it's the real thing. It represents nature.

[00:16:05]Let me show you something amazing here.

[00:16:07]>> So yeah, people are taking pictures.

[00:16:13]I think he's doing business.

[00:16:16]Statues.

[00:16:17]Uh-huh. So tell us something about your business. Business.

[00:16:21]Okay.

[00:16:22]Okay, okay. Let me let me show them around. The guy is still busy, but he has a lot of statues here.

[00:16:31]I think somebody takes picture with money here.

[00:16:34]He will explain to us after when he's done.

[00:16:39]But it's really amazing, guys.

[00:16:42]See this? A lot of talent in South Sudan. In South Sudan.

[00:16:50]This one is like pumpkin.

[00:16:54]This is This for winnowing, yeah? Yeah. This for winnowing.

[00:16:59]And then this is like the elder of the home. He's trying to drum. I think he's going to tell us. Yeah.

[00:17:05]More about this art.

[00:17:07]So that one is a lady, for the new lady.

[00:17:19]So he's trying to You want to get your Guallati looking on you?

[00:17:23]Yeah.

[00:18:10]What do you want to do? So, guys, he's trying to explain the culture, okay?

[00:18:14]He's trying to explain the culture.

[00:18:20]So, guys, we proceed.

[00:18:23]I think he's done. With explaining the culture. What is he saying about that?

[00:18:29]He talked about the lady and then the old man plus the crops. So, he was talking in the language? Yeah, in the local language.

[00:18:35]>> So, what was he saying? Oh, you don't hear that stuff? Yeah, it's very hard for me.

[00:18:39]So, guys, if you're watching us for the first time, I really want you guys to subscribe to Takaboy and then Akim.

[00:18:47]Because we are all YouTubers here in South Sudan and we're doing great on YouTube. So, we want to show you the culture and the pride of South Sudan.

[00:18:56]Another banner is here for taking photos.

[00:19:06]People are busy.

[00:19:09]I'm by the way, I'm busy with the answer. Subscribe to my media platform YouTube, TikTok, >> As you can see, people are busy.

[00:19:16]Doing some podcast.

[00:19:18]So, I think we can go that side to go and show you guys the Yeah, yeah. We have all the army.

[00:19:24]Commander can soldier.

[00:19:26]So, we can go that side to go and show you guys the other business.

[00:19:32]Going to be a very big bite. This is the second day for those who doesn't know.

[00:19:34]>> I think we should enter inside and then show them how people are dancing. Yeah.

[00:19:42]So, we use that other entrance. That's the best because now this entrance is for VIPs.

[00:19:46]We cannot We don't have access. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:19:50]So, we can pass from here.

[00:19:53]Pass from here.

[00:19:54]Okay.

[00:19:56]So, this This side is for the government officials and mostly Everywhere is full and it's crowded.

[00:20:04]People are still turning up.

[00:20:10]So, stay tuned, guys. We are going to keep exploring to you guys the cultural festival. And it's 3:00 p.m. We are going to enter inside now. 3:00 p.m.

[00:20:19]East African time. Yeah.

[00:20:22]Till morning, till morning, guys. Yeah.

[00:20:29]Today is full more than yesterday. Yeah, it's true.

[00:20:35]But yesterday it was interrupted because of the rain.

[00:20:38]Okay.

[00:20:39]And you know, tonight is going to be a very big bite. Yeah.

[00:20:42]Even kids are hustling. They're selling stuff.

[00:20:45]Everyone is trying to hustle.

[00:20:51]Very amazing festival. I didn't really take you guys for the inside part to go and show you guys how to look.

[00:20:59]So, I'm going to look for a way to enter inside so that you see the how the place is full today, man.

[00:21:07]So, if you're watching me for the first time, wanted you to subscribe to my YouTube channel so that you watch a lot of videos about South Africa. So, right now there's really no space. People are standing.

[00:21:15]Yeah, and this is outside, man. What about if they play one song now? I'm just guessing like yesterday.

[00:21:20]>> to jump inside. That's the thing.

[00:21:24]We go. We go. We go. We keep it So, by the way, don't forget to support the channel. We have super thanks, super stickers.

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[00:21:35]>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:21:40]So, now we're going to enter inside.

[00:21:43]We're going to enter inside. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:21:49]So, are you going to dance today?

[00:21:51]Today I feel like dancing. I think So, you have your dancing shoes.

[00:21:58]Ooh.

[00:21:59]See, it's crowded. No space to move.

[00:22:01]Raise it up.

[00:22:14]I think they're still talking, giving some speech.

[00:22:19]So, guys, what I'm going to do right now is to go inside.

[00:22:22]Then I go and show you guys the live inside. And this is the place for taking photos. If you want photos, you can have them.

[00:22:29]>> business here.

[00:22:34]Photographers are busy.

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