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Are you planning a trip to Africa? Whether you’re a first-time tourist or experienced person, here is why you should plan ideal trip to Africa. Africa’ s assorted inhabitants have alienated into a great number of tribal cultures. The continent's artistic renaissance has also been an essential feature of post-independence state-building on the continent. Africa has enhanced the method of education in a number of ways and has a rich tradition of sculpture , skills and variety of woodcarving, brass and buckskin art works. Similar to all individual customs, African folklore and religion symbolize a range of social facets of the various traditions in Africa. Folktales also play a significant role in many African cultures. Stories replicate a group cultural identity which conserve’s the stories of African culture and affirms delight. May be for a traveler hearing an ethnic group's story will give an insight of

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Africa offers a travel experience a thousand kilometres from the well-backpacked, air-conditioned tourist trails of Southeast Asia or the theme parks of Australia or Europe.

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Page 1: Are you planning a trip to Africa?

Are you planning a trip to Africa?

Whether you’re a first-time tourist or experienced person, here is why you should plan ideal trip to Africa. Africa’s assorted inhabitants have alienated into a great number of tribal cultures. The continent's artistic renaissance has also been an essential feature of post-independence state-building on the continent. Africa has enhanced the method of education in a number of ways and has a rich tradition of sculpture, skills and variety of woodcarving, brass and buckskin art works. Similar to all individual customs, African folklore and religion symbolize a range of social facets of the various traditions in Africa.

Folktales also play a significant role in many African cultures. Stories replicate a group cultural identity which conserve’s the stories of African culture and affirms delight. May be for a traveler hearing an ethnic group's story will give an insight of the community's beliefs and ethnicity. For people within the community, it allows to include their group's exclusivity. Folktales are considered as a tool for education and entertainment. They help children to understand the material and social environment. Every story has a moral to educate people.

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The different cuisines of Africa use a mixture of locally accessible fruits, cereals, grains and vegetables. However, cow's milk is uncommon and cannot be produced locally. In Central Africa the necessary ingredients are plantains and cassava. Beef and chicken are the most wanted meat dishes. The cuisine of the African Great Lakes region varies from region to region. In the inland Savannah, the traditional cuisine of cattle-keeping is typical, but meat products are usually absent. Cattle, sheep and goats were considered as a form of money exchange and a stockpile of capital. In East and West African regions fufu and Ugali is a starch dish eaten with meats or stews. In Uganda, steamed, green bananas called matoke, supply the starch filler of several meals. The Southern Africa cooking is called 'rainbow cuisine', as the food in this area is a blend of numerous culinary traditions. Basic ingredients comprise seafood, meat products, poultry and grains. Fruits comprise of apples, grapes, mangoes, bananas and papayas, avocado, oranges, peaches and apricots.

African music is different. The common perception of African music is its rhythmic music centered around the drums. The polyrhythms consist of multiple rhythms in one composition. Dances entail moving several body parts. African dance can be seen in its influence on music forms as Samba, Jazz, Rhythm and Blues, Rock & Roll, Salsa, and Rap music.

African’s speak a hundreds of languages. These languages and dialects do not have similar significance. Only few are spoken by hundred people; others are spoken by millions. Among the most well-known languages spoken are Arabic, Swahili and Hausa.

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