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Festivals and Events
Christmas Day
Uganda, 25th December, 2000
Mukulike Okutuuka Ku Mazaalibwa is the greeting that all Ugandans
men, women, and children greet each other with as they congratulate
one another for yet another Christmas added to their age. The Christmas
season is the most important holiday of the year in Uganda and is
very festive. Christmas is ushered in as early as the first week
of December by a business boom caused by the purchase of new clothes,
gifts, and especially Christmas cards, which are popular among urban
dwellers. City authorities organize Christmas caroling and many
Christian choirs participate with the lighting of giant Christmas
trees the cities. Families and friends dance until the wee hours
of the morning.
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