Gusya no Gusekura Traditional Flour Making Experience
ID: GYG745358-1205640
Category:
Country: Rwanda
Duration:
02:00 hours
Description
Get a taste of Rwandan culture with Gusya no Gusékura and make your flour with grains and potatoes. Perfect for families, this activity gets you feeling uniquely Rwandan through hands-on practice.
Attend Gusya no Gusekura and experience the heartbeat of Rwandan culture. Join this interactive presentation overlooking Mount Kigali, with outstanding views, and discover age-old traditional ways residents grind grains and potatoes into flour.
Your experience will start with a warm reception to the place, beginning with guidance from local artisans. You will start with the raw grain and potatoes, processing them for flour by traditional tools of grinding and sifting until you get fine flour. Stories will be shared with you regarding what this meant to them, their culture, and how methods have been passed through generations.
This workshop is at one time educational and fun. You get to spend the day with your family and learn a new skill, having an experience you'll never forget. At the end of class, you can take home a nice keepsake from your experience in the form of a bag of freshly made flour.
Highlights
- Hands-on experience in traditional flour-making techniques.
- Engage with local experts and learn the history behind the process.
- Use traditional tools and methods to grind grains and potatoes.
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please have on comfortable clothes in casual attire that you would not mind getting a little messy.
Please have on working shoes.
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.