Wed, 28 Sep 2016 05:47:16 +0000 OVER 200 members of the Rwandan community in Zambia at the weekend came together to celebrate the Umuganura, Rwanda’s ‘National Harvest Day’. Charge d’Affaires at Rwanda High Commission in Lusaka Mr Abel Buhungu said accomplishments in all the areas of government and private sectors had since been fitted into the modernised celebration of Umuganura. He said the cultural festival that traditionally derived from ancient Rwanda’s “first-fruits” festival was called Umuganura Mr Buhungu who addressed the participants at the event held at the the Rwanda High Commission in Lusaka explained that the National Harvest Day was celebrated annually on 5th Aug. Umuganura was one of the most important festivities at the beginning of every harvest season in pre-colonial Rwanda and it was an occasion to celebrate the country’s achievements in terms of harvest both at the Kingdom and family levels. Mr Buhungu said the celebration of ‘Umuganura’ was used as […]
