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The latter has made up the largest and most significant share of all fishing. Open water covers 15.3 percent of Uganda's surface and comprises five major lakes (Lake Victoria, Lake Albert (Africa), Lake Kyoga, Lake Edward and Lake George (Uganda)) which are the main sources of fish in the country.
The bowl lyre present in Uganda is played by two particular tribes, the Basoga, who name the instrument entongoli, and the Baganda, who call it the endongo. [ 2 ] The bowl lyre can be heard at school festivals , and at weddings when playing music to lead a wedding dance.
Fishing gear and methods used in Uganda are both modern and traditional. Fish in Uganda are caught mostly with plank canoes and to a lesser extent, fiberglass boats. Some dugout canoes are also still being used. The plank canoes are generally 4–12 m (13.12–39.37 ft) in length and dugout canoes average 3.5 m (11.48 ft).
In Uganda, fishing is most widely done on a large scale on the 84 Ssese Islands. The biggest and most active of these is Bugala Island in Kalangala District, [2] and Koome Island in Mukono District. Fishing is the principal economic activity on these islands.
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It weighs up to 80 kilograms. In Uganda, it is a native species to Lake Albert where it is locally known as Gur, and the River Nile below Murchison Falls. It was introduced into Lakes Kyoga and Victoria basins in the mid-1950s, but its presence in Lake Victoria was first noted in 1960.
Larakaraka Dance Performance at Ndere Centre Larakaraka dance performance Women dancing Lakaraka dance Larakaraka is a traditional courtship dance that originated from the Acholi people of Uganda. This dance, among the more than 50 Acholi dances, holds significant importance and is typically performed on special occasions, particularly weddings .
This has created the synonym "Lugaflow" to further define Ugandan rap music. [22] Hip hop is one of the newer genres to be widely practiced in Uganda. The two music groups, l Klear Kut and Bataka Squad were the first musical acts to do hip hop back in the late 1990s. Mainstream acceptance for the music genre was almost non existent by then.