7 Funny Things In Burundi Country

Burundi is known as the ‘heart of Africa’ located in the central region of Africa. In addition, Burundi is known as the ‘country with a million smiles’ because of the friendliness of the people here.
7 funny things in Burundi country
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1. Friendly and enthusiastic
Anyone you meet on the street can smile and tell you "Bwakeye / Mwaramutse!" (Hello!). When in need of directions and asking for help, people can easily accept

. They may also change their schedule for you, accompanying you to where you want to go first and then back on your way.
If the car dies, the young people enthusiastically pull the car cover open, check the car like a professional . .



car mechanic. After helping you, they happily said hello and left the bicycle.
Just practice saying "Bwakeye / Mwaramutse!" is that you can make friends with the people of this country. Photo: Mai Linh
2. Never… on time
If you come to Burundi (or other East African countries) to work in an office and follow the company's rules of time, you will have to live for a while to fully understand the time culture in this country.
If you appoint a partner to come to your desk and hear him or her say "I am coming!" then this means it will take about an hour or two for you to see the person.
When you go to a restaurant, when you finish ordering, make sure to wait 30 minutes or more If the waiter tells you "Five minutes more" it means .



.. 20 minutes or more.
There are restaurants that you have to wait for… 2 hours before your food starts being served. I often jokingly sing, "Don't believe what the Burundians say" when waiting for the food is that ...
Wait a second, I'm riding my bike to the meeting place.



Photo: Mai Linh
3. Customer is not god
Usually you just call a certain company and tell them you want to buy goods or sign a lease, service ... Within a few hours, everything you need will be delivered in writing. room.
And Burundi is very strange, if you want to bring benefits and money to an organization or company, you must be the one to take the initiative in everything.
For example, if you rent a restaurant space for your party, all papers, contracts, procedures, money must be brought to the place and must apply for an appointment.



It all depends entirely on the supplier side.
If it is not for them, they would rather accept not having that amount of money and not accept the procedure for you to hire any more.
Or, if you go to a cafe, the menu of this shop includes orange and carrot juice. If you tell the server that your stomach ache cannot drink oranges, they will keep the principle of "carrot orange" then definitely oranges and carrots (or vice versa), if you "freak" with that dish They will suggest you go elsewhere.
You go to buy flowers should also ask if they sell many varieties in a bunch? Photo: Mai Linh
4. Please pierce everywhere
Some people have a habit of begging which is inevitable. So you will not be too surprised when an office worker, dandy clothes, monthly salary is also easy ..



. raise your hand to ask you anything they want.
"My little story" that they tell you will be: "I broke my car today or I lost all my money". Or "Grandparents, my parents just passed away, can you help me?" ...
People's thoughts are so simple, they can ask for anything they want. It is up to you to give it or not.



Nobody blames anyone or gets bothered at all if you don't help them.
Burundi children
5. Pedestrian priority number 1
In this Burundi country there are not many traffic lights. The traffic awareness of the people is giving in to each other, limiting the use of trumpets.
One day in the middle of a crossroads, only two cars kept giving way and stuck a line behind. And normally, when the driver sees you walking from a distance, they will slow down to give way.
If you accidentally cross the road and forget to look at the sides, you will not be scolded by the driver.
They just tell you to do it very dangerous and you will feel guilty and be careful next time.



No matter what the situation, pedestrians will have top priority.
On fairly old streets, the pedestrian priority is still number 1 in Burundi. Photo: Mai Linh
6. Do not fight
When you walk out on the streets of Burundi, you will often hear the loud boos of a bunch of young men, all of them tall and muscular, crashing into each other so frighteningly. But when you look closely you will realize they are just… pushing each other like they are playing football, not fighting.
They kept pushing back and forth a whole session until "bored, then ...



disbanded". You will see them blushing angrily, but definitely not fighting.
Later I understood, the Burundians rarely had a fight or stabbing because of personal friction because the law here might penalize very heavily for petty theft or fights.
7. Do not live at night
In many places in Burundi it is normal to have no electricity, no water and no Internet. All street activities will stop after 6pm. You will not find any supermarkets open, not find shops to buy water, even go in the city as if you are in the countryside far away because of the curtains..

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