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BITS OF CULTURE - Guinea |
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Languages
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Official language:
French
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- The basic family unit may consist of a man with several
wives living in the same compound or village. A family might
also include the extended family, consisting of aunts, uncles,
grandparents, cousins and many brothers or sisters.
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Religion & Death Concepts/Rituals |
- Islam
- Virtually all believe in reincarnation and embrace the
existence of a supreme being.
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| Diet |
- Traditional diet combines meat with the staples of rice
or maize (corn). Rice may be eaten with a simple sauce along
with grilled fish or chicken, or with a more complicated
dish.
- A traditional recipe served over rice calls for guinea
hens, seasoned with cayenne and paprika, to be stewed with
tomatoes, sweet potatoes, and bananas or plantains.
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| Interesting
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- Chief export crops are typically pineapples, peanuts,
palm kernels, and coffee. Livestock in 1998 included 2.2
million cattle, 610,000 sheep, 738,000 goats, and 7 million
poultry.
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