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Ugandan clan totems. The one in the middle is a load of shit
Kampala: Hot and Dusty and Full of Ugly Birds!
April 8th 2012 Kampala was full of ugly birds. They wandered around parks with their long spindly legs and scrawny necks and sometimes even gathered in trees. As well as being ugly they were also massive. Marabou Storks were the biggest birds I had ever seen in my life.
Seven of the hideous things were sat in a tree just near my hotel and a couple more were wandering about below it. They looked like they had
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It's a gongolo.
The totem in the middle is a kind of millipede, normally black in colour and coils up when touched. It's called gongolo in the Ganda language. Mostly played with by young kids in the villages,etc. However it's one of a dangerous family variety that can kill when stung. Otherwise it's a coiled millepede of sorts.cheers.