The Hutu Tribe in Rwanda
The Hutu Tribe in Rwanda : While visiting Rwanda to explore the different tribes in the country you will have the opportunity to come across a number of different people and their different cultural values and rich history that each of the tribes possesses. Amon g the different tribes in Rwanda, the Hutu tribe is among the most rewarding and in this article we shall give you the chance to explore more about the hutu tribe in Rwanda for an amazing experience during your cultural tours in Rwanda.
The hutu are the major tribal group in Rwanda with the highest number of individuals that can be seen in the country. The Bahutu, Hutu and Wahutu are the bantu speaking group that are widely found in Rwanda and some parts in Burundi and in the late 20th century, the number of the hutu amounted to nearly ten million hutu in both Rwanda and Burundi. The hutu although are the dominant group of people they are not the original inhabitants of the country.
It is believed that they settled in Rwanda and found the batwa also known as the pygmy hunter gatherers who are also an interesting but remote tribe, the batwa that can also be seen in Burundi, the democratic republic of Congo and Uganda are believed to have been the original inhabitants of the country who depended on forest product for survival, the batwa are unique group of people with a number of interesting features for instance their height which is the most eye catching aspect, an average adult twa person has a height of 5 feet and less regardless of their age which is quite eye catching. In Rwanda the twa had settled in volcanoes national park and they co-existed with the mountain gorillas in Africa.
Once they settled in Rwanda, the hutu took upon leadership over the hutu making them the majority group and because they were big in numbers, they forced the tutsi to retreat which is one of the reasons why they are found in remote areas. The Hutu continued to rule the land and it should be noted that they practised small scale agriculture but with the emergence of the Tutsi another interesting tribe in Rwanda that entered around the 14th or 15th century, the warrior pastoralists that had a lot of cattle and wealth, the hutu became their subjects which introduced a feudal relationship between the two.
The social organisation of the Hutu centred around the clans with petty kings called the Bahinza that ruled the different domains but all this changed with the tutsi that forced a lord-vassal relationship because of how wealthy the Tutsi were and with the colonial era in Rwanda, the Belgians favoured the Tutsi over the Hutu which led to a number of tensions between the two and after the country gained its independence from them.
During 1959-1961 fought against the tutsis in a civil war that broke out between the two which led to the killing and expelling a number of tutsis in the country . During 1965 a hutu coup attempt failed and they remained under the dominance of the tutsi which infuriated them and in the way it contributed to the 1994 Rwanda genocide that you can get an insight of when you participate in the Rwanda genocide tour where you can visit the different genocide memorial museum sites like the Kigali genocide memorial museum where you will visit the different exhibition areas at the site.
The 1994, was the highlight of the tutsi and the Hutu tension which led to the 1994 Rwanda genocide which was the darkest period in the history of Rwanda where the hutu were interested in wiping out the tutsi tribe in Rwanda, it should be noted that nearly 1,000,000 tutsi were killed in a massacre that were spearheaded by the Hutu extremists that employed a number of youths and spread the doctrine that the future of the country lied in their hands and the tutsi were a threat to it and this led to mass killing of the Tutsi which was one of the most terrible massacres/ genocides in the world.
But with the end of the Rwanda genocide and the Rwanda patriotic Front victory there was the improvement of the relationship between the Hutu and the Tutsi a case to point is the Bugesera reconciliation camp where the victims the tutsis and murders the hutu have been able to get along quite well by forgiving one another and today tourists can visit the Bugesera reconciliation camp to understand how they been able to move past the unfortunate event.
making the country among the safest countries to visit in Rwanda where you will get to participate in a number of activities like gorilla trekking in volcanoes national park among the primate safaris in Rwanda, you could also have the opportunity to participate in golden monkey trekking, chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe national park, the Kigali city tour without having to fear about the safety in the country. In 1994, one of the worst incidents of genocide in modern history took place in Rwanda, where Hutu
The Hutu and Tutsi cultures have been largely integrated. The Tutsi adopted the mutually intelligible Bantu languages of Rwanda and Rundi, which were originally spoken by the Hutu. The Hutu’s kinship and clan system is probably derived from Tutsi culture, as is the central importance of cattle. The Hutu and the Tutsi adhere essentially to the same religious beliefs, which include forms of animism and (today) Christianity
