 Good morning from Mpale Kautra Village. This is where we spend a night. You know what? I'm definitely going to come back to Malawi just because I feel like I'm in a rush because I really, really want to, I mean, immerse myself in this place for a very long time. But it's just that any time we come, we just have to wake up and continue the journey. I don't know if you guys can see right in front of me. That's like Malawi that I can see from a distance. So I'm on top of a hill. This whole Kautra village is on top of a hill. It's on top of a rock. Don't know if you like it's built on top of a rock. So you can see that I'm currently walking on top of a rock and it's a Kautra village. And a Kautra village needs to have an architecture design that looks like a village. I don't know if you guys can see the cat roofing. This is how a village looks like, right? Anyone who has lived in the village knows how a village sentence looks like. It's exactly like how we used to live in a village. But one thing that I find is so unique is that within a Kautra village, there is a village. Right? And what happens in the village? We are displaying the life that happens in the village. The way the buildings are built, it's a proper village. So we want our visitors to experience the village life when they come to Palikachur village. Where are we right now? This place is called Nangochih. Nangochih? Yes. The tourist district. Is that any tourist destination around here that makes people come here all the time? Yeah, this is the place. Most of the lodges, the completion is cheaper here and it's also probably the oldest. That's where it developed first. So since we are in the traditional tourist destination, we just have to go see the traditional way of fishing. And also, I mean, traditional way of selling fishes, right? Yeah. It is what it is. So that's how we woke up so early. So currently we are on our way to a fishing village where fishermen that fish is on the Lake Malawi come to the shores to sell their fishes. So we're just going to see how it's done because coming from West Africa, we only see that from the ocean side of view. But this time around, we have to see how people fish on the lake. So fishes from the lake and how people come and buy fishes are the shores of the lake. Now, you know, I just asked a question because when I came to Malawi, I've been to the north central and we are at the south. Is this place south? Southern region. Southern region. And one thing that I find in common is everyone riding a bicycle. So I decided to ask, why do people ride a bicycle? And apparently there's a shocking fact that I don't even know about. What did you just say? I said in some parts of the country, especially in the south, you cannot marry if you do not have a bicycle. You need to have a bicycle for you to marry. Yes, yes. So transport, in case the wife is sick, how do you take her to the hospital? But can you use a bicycle to transport someone to the hospital? Or you sit at the back, know what they do in here? Yes, yes, yes, it's a key transport thing. Without a bicycle, life can stop in some parts of the country. Yeah. You guys don't think it's interesting? Look at that. You see, it's alright. That's how it is. The fishes from the lake is definitely the source of livelihood for people living around Lake Malawi. Because everywhere I go, I see people processing fish, man. I see a lot of people, just everything they eat is fish, like everything. It's like one man, one man thousand. So there are fishes everywhere. Like tiny fishes, you see? Very tiny. Very tiny. Wow. It's like the whole place, they're drying the small fishes and they're definitely gonna sell it. I mean, it's so tiny. Just even the one man thousand that we have in Ghana is bigger than this one. Jamada, Jamada. Jamada, Jamada. But the thing is, in the session of what? The girls. Jamada, Jamada. They are now sort of betting on the girls that they want to initiate it. So this is the impression, like. Initiate it from what to what? From the young age. To the adult truth. To the adult. Oh, to adult truth? Yes. So what are the girls, man? Okay. They are the... the good and the bad. Jamada, Jamada. Hey girls, man. They're calling what on them? So, it's more like an initiation for younger kids. There are so many traditions in Africa that when you travel, then you get a chance to sit. Because, I mean, we have something like this in Ghana, but it's not this way. In order for us to get to the beach, we have to get out of the car. And guess what? We're going to pass through this water. So I want to be Moses and command the water to divide into two. So cold. Yeah. That is okay. You have to remove this so that you can walk faster. It's the best. What's up? It's getting deeper. Around 3 p.m. in the afternoon. Yes. So they've been on the lake all night. Wow. Yeah. Did you sleep? They are saying they slept there. They are saying they slept on the lake. In the boat. Can you close your eyes? I'm not taking a mask. What is it? I'm not really. They were just pretending to sleep. They were just pretending to sleep. This is helping. You just do it with ease, man. Yes. I'm not trying to cheat all the way. I'm not trying to cheat all the way. Remove this one. No, this way. This way. I'm sorry. This is the only thing I've never done before. I've never done before. This way. Otherwise, this way, the fish is caught. The problem with Africa is trying different foods. What's up, man? Good, good, good. Where are we right now? We are going to the place. So the red, the red cloth that you see is a sign that people should not just go there. Yes, so it's a warning. That's all they put. No one can just go there. There are people in there. There are people. The initiation ceremony is actually there. Oh, OK. Someone is asking what kind of initiation is that? It is an initiation for boys. They are ranging from the age of 12 to 15, as per what the chief has said. Do you see those hats on the fence? So when they are in the session here, they take them out sometimes. So they wear those. So they wear those when they are going into the village just to celebrate. Those hats you see there. So this place is only for boys? It's just for boys, this one. But today they want to go and see the chief. They wear those. The guys who are being initiated, they go to the village. The village will dance. They will give them things, food, money, and then they will come back. So this is one of the guys who are instructing the boys. How old are you? I'm 17. So there are 17 boys who are being initiated. And all of them live with their dad. And there are three men who are giving instructions to the boys. Sometimes they take a month to stay here. They stay here for a month? Yes. And what do they do in here? Because they are changing from child work to adult work. They are giving instructions on how to live in the village. If they were fighting, when they come out of here, they need to stop. They are also taught to learn to respect adults, like the chief and all the older people in the village. Yeah, those are some of the things that they are taught. Is it a particular man that they do this? Usually when they are on holiday. They make sure that their ceremony or whatever the function does not coincide with the school calendar. So school is not in session now. That's why they are doing this. Because I see them very young? They are very young. They do have a... So him is stressing that they need... They want to train the children while they are still young. One thing is the village, the women in the village, they bring them breakfast, they bring them lunch and they also bring them dinner. So another important thing that happens here is circumcision. These boys are circumcised. So they stay here until they are fully recovered from the circumcision. But circumcision at this age is painful. But it probably is the best age. Nah, we do it when we are babies. When you are really... When you are in the hospital, when you are born, they do that. So we grew up with it. But even the government here is also encouraging circumcision, even for the older men. Ah, thank God we did it when we were kids, you know. Like that? And then you go out. You don't go out just like that. You have to put on the hat that I'm wearing and then you put something on your waist. It's the same thing, the same material. So you go out with it to show that you are in the process of being initiated to adulthood. You done? Is that it, you done? Is that it, that's it? Yeah. I'm in a different country and any time I go to a different country, I want to learn about the history and the culture of the people. So it's exciting to see that I'm here to experience a typical Malawian culture at first hand, you know. So this is from the people. And you're definitely going to have a great time, man. Whoo! So we have to follow the line, man. Can I have one here? I'm walking in a circle as you see. The trees in here, nothing was hard. It was everything around the trees. You're entering the village. I wanted to knock, but there is no door to knock. You're most welcome. Thank you. Impale Gajibu Village. Impale Koshua Village. Now we've got the first capo here representing one of the... So you can see the capo is busy. Chatting and the husband is busy making a broom. So local brooms are made the way... So you can use the broom to sweep the house. You can sweep the house. Properly swept. The same material being used for the broom is the one that we used for the mat which the capo is sitting on. Yes. So you can see the husband is skilled trying to make a broom. You can make as many as you can. So this is the traditional bed. Normally, we use the same materials for making these beds. And they put a mat on the top. That's it. Yes, so the people can sweep it. Is this for every Malawian? Those days? This is how you used to live? Yes, those days. But some are still using them. OK, well to know. And they put also a traditional way of cooling the water. Normally they put it in the pots which are made out of the clay pots made from the soil. And underneath the pot, you put the sand which is being put in a little bit of water so that the water inside the pot should be cool. It's so chilled. Yeah. Thank you. But from here, we are going to the mini museum. We are going to showcase some traditional things about the Yaw Kacha. This is the museum. There is a historical part of the Yaw Kacha where they are coming from up until now. They actually come from Mozambique on the eastern side of Africa, Southern Africa. They came here in Malawia because of three reasons. One was the land was very small so people didn't want to be in the new land. The other was because of the war, the traditional wars, and the other was because of the hunger. Now they move into Malawi in 1865. So that's the game called Nguli. The aim is to make sure that it's still keeping rotating, rotating, rotating. Once it falls down, you are lost. It looks easy but it's not easy. How do you call it? This game called? What's happening, man? Actually, I need to hit one, man. Definitely need to hit one.