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Common ways to send
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Culture · Signature ceremony
Kwita Izina: naming the newborn gorillas
Every year, newborn mountain gorillas of the Virunga massif receive their names in a public ceremony at the foothills of Volcanoes National Park. Kwita Izina has grown from a small conservation ritual into a national celebration that draws international guests, park rangers, local communities and headliners of Rwandan music.
Kinigi, Musanze DistrictMorning ceremony, usually from about 09:00
Business
Trade fairs, expos and the convention season
Rwanda has quietly become one of Africa's most reliable convention cities. Between government summits, pan-African congresses and the long-running Kigali International Trade Fair, visitors arrive in Kigali for business reasons year-round — and the calendar around those events is where travellers find the city at its busiest and most lively.
Gikondo Expo Grounds, Kigali
Music & arts
Concerts, film screenings and fashion weeks
Kigali's music and arts calendar has grown into one of East Africa's most enjoyable. Stadium concerts, touring Afrobeats and gospel acts, a film festival that screens in the hills, and a fashion scene that shows both streetwear and traditional imigongo-inspired design all share the year.
BK Arena and venues across Kigali
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Tour du Rwanda: racing through the land of a thousand hills
Tour du Rwanda is the country's great moving sports festival: a multi-stage professional bicycle race that carries an international peloton through Kigali, provincial towns and steep green climbs lined with spectators.
Stages nationwide, finishing in Kigali
Sport
Kigali International Peace Marathon
The Kigali International Peace Marathon brings elite athletes, club runners and first-timers onto the capital's rolling roads for a sporting event built around peace, participation and a city-wide atmosphere.
Kigali city roads
Culture
Umuganura: Rwanda's harvest thanksgiving
Umuganura is Rwanda's national harvest celebration — a living cultural tradition centred on gratitude, shared food, performance and the collective work behind the country's harvest.
Nationwide; host district varies
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