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Mwenge
Village is the site of a score or
more stalls selling carvings, jewelry,
exotic cloth and trinkets of all kinds
at bargain prices.
Makonde carving is probably the best
known art work produced in East and
Central Africa. This art is produced
by the Makonde people, a Bantu speaking
community who live in both north-eastern
Mozambique and south-eastern Tanzania.
Their material of choice is African
Blackwood, or locally known as the
'mpingo'. Their work is both traditional
and contemporary, reflecting a tribal
past as well as modern response to
urban life. They utilize their tribal
myths and stories as inspiration for
the masterful work. |
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Museum is 12 km north of the centre
of Dar es Salaam. It is an open-air
site which has a collection of authentically
constructed traditional houses of various
Tanzanian tribes. It displays several
distinct architectural styles with building
materials ranging from sand, grass and
poles to mud and rock. Villagers demonstrate
their ancient skills of carving and
weaving and offer their products for
sale. |
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Here,
you can also enjoy traditional
dance performances (ngoma) during
the weekends. |
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In
the heart of Dar es Salaam there is
a unique centre for creating and selling
Tanzanian arts and crafts. Many of
the artists working here have developed
their talents through training which
enable them to transform traditional
materials, designs and motifs into
contemporary forms.
At 'Nyumba ya Sanaa', one finds many
exciting creative activities to become
absorbed in like painting, drawing,
figurative wax batik and etching.
Carvings of ebony are made as well
as jewellery, ceramics and 'tie-and-dye'
dresses for men, women and children. |
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| The outstanding
attraction is the Hall of Man where
Dr. Leakey's finds from Olduvai Gorge
including the skull of Nutcrackerman
(Zinjanthropus bosei) and other human
fossils are displayed. |
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Museum offers an outstanding ethnographic
collection of tribal ornaments,
head-dresses, witch-craft paraphernalia
and traditional musical instruments
collected from various regions
in Tanzania. |
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Also,
the history of the East African Coast
is well portrayed with Chinese porcelain
glazed pottery, trade wide beads from
India and a series of copper coins
from the Sultan of Kilwa. |
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The
State House accommodates the offices
of the President. It has an ornate
structure reflecting a blend of African
and Arabic architecture, partly built
on the foundation of the old German
Palace in 1922. |
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A
72km drive north of Dar es Salaam
is Bagamoyo, a one-time slave port
and terminus for the caravans. This
tiny township is the nearest mainland
point to Zanzibar and possesses sandy
beaches set in a beautiful bay.
Livingstone's body rested in the
tiny chapel of the convent here on
its way back to London. The town mosque
and Arab tombs date from the 18th
and 19th centuries. |
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Some
5km to the south is the village
of Kaole, near which are the ruins
of a mosque and pillars believed
to be 800 years old. To the north
of Bagamoyo, near the Kenyan border,
is the country's second port,
Tanga. From here, the visitor
can drive to the beautiful Usambara
Mountains and Moshi on the slopes
of Mount Kilimanjaro. |
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Morogoro
Stores located in Oysterbay area is
the place where you will find many
Tinga Tinga artists who make and sell
Tinga Tinga paintings.
Tinga Tinga is one of the many forms
of impressionism the beautiful and
mysterious continent of Africa has
given birth to. |
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Artists
have the freedom to use their
brushes to express their thoughts
in bright, eye-catching colours.
A striking feature in most of
these paintings is the way the
artists capture the animals
of the Eastern coast of Africa,
in what appears to the a distorted
yet a very interesting image
of the original creature! |
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| Tinga Tinga Art was
pioneered by a farm boy named Edward
Said Tinga Tinga......and that's how
this interesting art got its name! |
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The
Largest Water Park in East & Central
Africa...
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22
Water Slides |
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9
Swimming Pools |
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Lazy
River |
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Multi-Lane
Slides |
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Pool
Bar |
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Rain
Dance Stage |
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Go-Carting |
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Quad
Bikes |
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Water
Sports |
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Pool
Tables |
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Ice
cream Parlour |
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Candy
Box |
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Toy
Shop |
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Fast
food court |
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Multi-cuisine
Ala Carte Restaurant |
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Tennis &
Squash Courts |
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There
are some secrets which are still well
kept and the South beach of Dar es
Salaam is one of them. Miles and miles
of un-spoilt and undeveloped white
sandy beaches.
To go to the South Beach, one needs
to cross the pontoon across the Dar
Harbour. These are always available.
The pontoons run from 5 am to 1 am
and the services run all the time.
The crossing itself takes only 10
minutes, but the wait in the queue
may take a little longer. However,
it is worth the wait!! |
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