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LOCAL HISTORY AND CULTURE Presented by us!

LOCAL HISTORY AND CULTURE Presented by us!. DISCOVER CAMEROON CULTURE AND RYTHM. PRESENTATION. LOCAL HISTORY AND CULTURE SOME ASPECTS OF CAMEROON CULTURE. HISTORY OF OUR TOWN.

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LOCAL HISTORY AND CULTURE Presented by us!

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  1. LOCAL HISTORY AND CULTUREPresented by us! DISCOVER CAMEROON CULTURE AND RYTHM

  2. PRESENTATION • LOCAL HISTORY AND CULTURE • SOME ASPECTS OF CAMEROON CULTURE.

  3. HISTORY OF OUR TOWN The population of our city, Douala, is close to 3,ooo,ooo. The town is located on the banks of the Wouri River in the Littoral Region. Douala is not an ancient city. Douala Town Douala Town

  4. SOME ASPECTS OF CAMEROON CULTURE. In the North West Region, you don’t greet a chief with your hands. In the North, girls are engaged very early for marriage; as early as 14 years old. Ladies cover their faces when moving about A man can get married to many wives. Some chiefs in the North West and West Regions have about 30 wives. In the West Region, 10 years after burial, the skull of a dead person is dug and reburied inside a room.

  5. FOOTBALL! OUR CULTURAL SPIRIT Cameroon is a sports-loving country. Our spirit of sports is seen in Douala where we have many sports facilities. There are football stadia, basketball, handball, volleyball fields. There are also gym centers. Last year, our school won the national volleyball championship. If you enter Douala early on Sunday morning, you will see many people doing sports, no matter the neighborhood. Cameroon is renowned in football. Africa has more places in the world cup today, thanks to the Cameroon National Football Team, the Indomitable Lions and Milla Rogers, who is retired. Now, we have another famous football star, Samuel Eto’oFils, who grew up in Douala. He is the captain of our national team and will lead Cameroon to the world cup in South Africa in June. Mount Cameroon race in Buea

  6. WE DONOT LIKE THESE ASPECTS: Early marriages. Digging and removing dead people’s skulls. The culture of Cameroon is very diverse and varied. As you move from one tribe or Region to another, you meet different aspects of our culture. You can see it in the way people dress, dance, sing and behave. All this is influenced by our tradition CONCLUSION

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