{"id":307,"date":"2019-10-08T06:57:39","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T06:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/internationaloffice\/?page_id=307"},"modified":"2019-10-20T17:14:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T17:14:00","slug":"cultural-tourism-for-dekut-international-guests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dkut.ac.ke\/internationaloffice\/cultural-tourism-for-dekut-international-guests\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural Tourism for DeKUT International Guests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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DeKUT International Students, Staff and Visiting Professors treated to a rare cultural feat<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCulture makes people understand each other better and this is why DeKUT strives to foster inter-cultural integration for her international students and staff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 26th<\/sup> and 27th<\/sup> April, 2019 DeKUT international students, staff and Visiting Professors had an opportunity to go on a guided tour to Kigera Cultural Village, the Nyeri National Museum and the Mau Mau Caves at Marua.   During the tour, the international guests learned about the Agikuyu traditions and customs, tasted the kikuyu cuisines as well as enjoying entertainment from the Cultural group.  They also learned more about the Mau Mau movement and the struggle for Kenya\u2019s independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo 1: Prof. Akihiko Saito and Prof. Minoru Sasaki, Visiting Professors from Japan and who were both conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by DeKUT in April, 2019 at Kigera Cultural Village<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo 2: Mr. Sebastian Al-Halabi, a staff from the University of Saarland, Germany, Ms Annette Pfunder an IAESTE exchange student from Technical University of Munich, Germany with kikuyu traditional dancers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo 3: Ms. Pfunder adorned with the kikuyu traditional attire  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo 4: Ms. Pfunder, Mr. Ali Abdel a Sudanese student enrolled at the Siemens Center and Mr. Al-Halabi in traditional attire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo 5: Ms. Pfunder being shown how to grind cereals the traditional way<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo 6: Mr. Al-Halabi sampling traditional brew<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo 7 : Prof. Sasaki, with the curator at the Nyeri National Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo 8: Prof. Sasaki during a tour of Mau Mau caves at Marua<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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