Kampala: African Dolls, Balls, and Banana Crafts Class
ID: GYG1188414-1822854
Category:
Country: Uganda
Duration:
02:30 hours
Description
Discover the versatility of the banana plant in a hands-on workshop. Learn to make traditional African dolls, balls, and crafts from banana trunks and dry stems.
Begin your experience by meeting your host in a peri-urban area. Head to the banana garden and learn about the banana plant, its uses, and its growth.
Discover how the banana plant provides food and fruits, but also has various uses beyond harvest that benefit adults and children. Ranging from the banana stem juice that provides potassium nutrients to adults to young children that can innovatively create various products like playing items most of which are sold in modern day craft markets. The banana ground actually becomes a field of innovation upon harvests.
Get creative and make your own materials. Make a banana headgear and try out the African way of balancing things on the head.
Highlights
- Discover the versatility of the banana plant in a hands-on workshop
- Learn to make traditional African dolls, balls, and crafts from banana
- Explore a banana garden and learn about the plant's uses and growth
- Try your hand at making a banana headgear and balance it on your head
- Immerse yourself in the culture and traditions of an African village
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The activity involves creativity and crafting
Participants will learn about traditional uses of banana plants
INCLUDED
- Making African dolls, balls, and banana handcrafts
- Exploring the banana garden
- Learning about banana uses and growth
- Making banana head gear
- Balancing things on the head
- Street food snack
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
