Umiganura: A Day of Sharing

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August 5 is a day of celebration and sharing in Rwanda. It is the day Umiganura, or Harvest Day, is celebrated. The holiday is a time of unification with family, village and country. Historically, Umiganura was a day in which all people — rich, poor and from all social classes — came together to share with one another as a form of promoting Rwandan cultural values. Twenty-two years after the 1994 genocide that devastated Rwanda, Umiganura has evolved to become a day...