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Sosten wengwe reveals

the truth of Malawi

culture The Malawian people are, without doubt, its greatest asset: friendly andwelcoming to a fault. Every visitor is met with a smile and the warmth ofthe welcome is genuine and long-lasting. With a population of a littlemore than 14 million, Malawi is one of the more densely peopled countries

of this part of Africa. Most of the population is rural, living largely infascinating traditional villages. Many of todays Malawians aredescendants of the Bantu people who moved across Africa and intoMalawi for hundreds of years up to the fifteenth century.


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This great video explores some of Malawi's

beautiful scenery as well as it's especially

warm-hearted people. The video is provided

courtesy of Credit Suisse, who make an annualdonation of US$1 million to the Roger Federer

Foundation (RFF) with whom they are in

partnership in developing a dynamic early

childhood education initiative in Malawi. See

here for more details.


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Traditional (African) doctors still attract many

people and the two main modern religions,

Christianity and Islam, frequently exhibit a

continuing adherence to traditional beliefs.

Cultural Experiences

All travel in Malawi will include some element

of cultural experience as interaction with local

people is very much part of any stay. A visit to

a local village can easily be arranged at most

lodges or hotels, whether they are in a town,

forest reserve, National Park or on thelakeshore.


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These are always real villages, whose residents

have an established relationship with the lodge

in question, and who welcome the interestfrom visitors in their daily life. One of the best

Cultural Experiences to be found in Malawi is

in the Ntchisi Forest Reserve.

Places of Interest


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In terms of specific places of cultural and

historical interest, Malawi has a few, including

original mission stations and centres of

excellence for handicrafts. Of its modern-day

larger towns, Blantyre, Zomba and Mangochi

have a number of historical buildings,

monuments and museums. Lilongwe and

Mzuzu are of interest for their markets and in

the case of the latter, to see the divisionbetween the Old Town and modern Capital

City. If visiting Blantyre, take the time to visit

The Society of Malawi. Situated in the historic

Mandala House, the society protects a true

treasure trove of the country's history. With

thousands of books and resources safelystored away, it provides an opportunity to find

out a bit more about Malawi that perhaps

many tourists don't ever discover. For more

information about the society, please click

here.


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Along the Lakeshore, Monkey Bay and Nkhata

Bay are bustling ports, whilst Nkhotakota is of

historical significance and now has a renowned

pottery. The link between missionaries and the

Lake is strong, with sites of the Livingstonia

Mission marked by graves at Cape Maclear andBandawe, near Chintheche, before it reached

its final and current location near Chitimba in

the north. Across the Lake, Likoma Island is a

wonderful place to interact with local people,

and also see its magnificent missionary-built

Cathedralthe same size as Winchesters.


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Artistic skills, old and new are on show in and

around Dedza. North of the town is the

Chongoni Rock Art area, a UNESCO World

Heritage Site and the densest cluster of stone

age rock art found in central Africa. And at theedge of the town is the Dedza Pottery, where

todays artists and craftsmen can be viewed

producing a variety of items then found all

round Malawi or sold for export. Artistic skill is

also on display at Mua Mission, almost directly

down the escarpment from Dedza.


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Mua is a mission station whose students create

the finest wood carvings in the country, if not

the whole of Africa, and is also home to a

fascinating cultural museum.

The large agricultural estates, sugar at

Dwangwa and the Lower Shire Valley and tea

at Thyolo are interesting places to visit also. As

well as being able to see the daily workings,

the tea estates in particular have fascinating

colonial histories.


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