Burundi

Burundi, officially theRepublic of Burundi, is alandlocked countryin theAfrican Great Lakesregion ofEast Africa.Burundi's capital isBujumbura. The country is amixtureof soaring mountains, languid lakeside communities and a tragic past blighted by ethnic conflict. Itpossesses all the elements of a young nation with ancient traditions that constitute its very rich culture: art, dance, music, and handicrafts. Its aim is to ensure the transmission of the cultural inheritance from the forefathers and ancestors evidenced by belongings and objects they revered and favoured, the dances and rhythmic music they composed.