What Are Some Facts About The Batwa People? : The Batwa tribe are known to be the oldest tribe in Africa and they live high in mountainous areas as their homes and they are found in several parts of East African countries. The Batwa people are also referred to as conservation refugees as the governments of different countries fight hard to cope with the pressure of reducing the population growth and the climate changes. Therefore the Batwa people in Uganda located in the Southwestern region in the country in Echuya forest reserve in kabale and Kisoro districts. Uganda is a rich blessed country where one can opt to visit while on a cultural tour because it has a variety cultural bases and visting the Batwa people marks tour complete one to thrill while on Uganda Gorilla Safaris
These Batwa people are usually reffered to as the pygmies people because it is considered as the tribe in Uganda that has short people and these individuals are always given names according to the areas they live in Africa such as; the Batwa or Abayanda in Uganda, Barhwa or Bambuti in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Twa in Rwanda and the Abaterambere in Burundi.
More so, the Batwa people in Uganda are known as Hunters and they are famously known because of their short stature and they are good at gathering fruits within the forests where they lived in.
However, later on the Batwa people lost their homes within the forests and decided to look for other places where to stay after these game reserves were established into national parks such as; Bwindi impenetrable national park, Semuliki national park and Mgahinga national park. however, for those who stayed in the national parks currently today, they are being employed as park guides and park rangers due to the fact that they are well conversant with all the parts with in the national parks and they are always available to lead and guide tourists through while they are exploring and touring around the national parks.
The Batwa people have estimated number of 3500 people that add up a population of about 5% in the whole of Uganda hence ranking it among the smallest tribe compared to other tribes in the country. more so, these Batwa people had to change their lifestyle and adopted to other ways of living due to have other means of survival such as; farming and cattle keeping and entertaining other people in order to earn a living.
The Batwa people, are also known to be friendly people who are always so welcoming to their guests with smiles and hugs and also always entertain their visitors with their traditional dance performances and singing their folk songs. The other unique fact about these individuals is that they always apply their knowledge and skills that they have acquired from the period of the time they spent living within the forests to make herbal medicine which is used to heal various diseases and they also have good hunting and tracking method skills compared to other people.
