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The language of Rwanda-Rundi and French are both spoken popularly in the Tutsi tribe. The Rwanda-Rundi language is spoken mostly in Rwanda and is considered to be a dialect continuum. 20 million people in Africa speak this language, each with a different dialect. It is specifically divided into two dialects the Kinyarwanda and the Kirundi dialects. French is their third official language and what they call they ‘lingua franca.’ Most of the Tutsi believe and practice christianity. Christianity is basically a following of Jesus Christ who is said to be the Son of God. Traditional beliefs are still within their culture and this is the following of a creator named Imaana. This God is said to bring wealth and fertility, and is often offered gifts to for good fortune. Islam is another religion some Tutsi people believe in but it isn’t as popular. Due to the Rwandan Genocide the Tutsis value a place where they can live the life they want and not be in fear. They value the life outside of war and loss. During the Genocide, Tutsis and moderate Hutus tried to fight other Hutus which ended in slaughter of Tutsis and fear being struck into their lives. They value their families more than ever now because that might be the only people that survived the genocide. Much of the land is run and farmed by the Tutsi although many of the Hutus work on the farms and keep them running. When a mother gives birth to a baby, they name that baby seven days after it’s born. They now live in modern houses with running water and electricity when before they built straw huts. Before a man and woman can live together they had to get married. The husband’s family would pay for the wedding and the woman would have to cleanse herself. They live much more modernly now than they did before. The people of Tutsi have been through a lot. They understand loss and being on the bottom due to the genocide but they also understand what it means to be on top because they ranked high on their caste system. The Tutsi can understand the world from the bottom to the top, they can understand third world struggles, but live like a first world country. The amount of cattle that one Tutsi member owns or how long their nose is, is a sign of wealth and a high social class. A person can move down in this caste system if they do something dishonorable and can be raised up if they collect more cattle and land. Woven tools are a big illustration of the Tutsi culture. While the women are at home making baskets and other things to help around the home, the men make woven tools that help them with more physical activities. They are able to appeal to a wide variety of people. The fact that the Tutsi did try to overthrow their government and didn’t fully succeed, isn’t a positive perspective of the Tutsi. It shows the people are hostile yet weak and neither of those adjectives will sit well with other places around the world. "BBC NEWS | Africa | Rwanda: How the genocide happened." BBC News - Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2013. .
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">"Forced to fight." Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication 19 Jan. 2009: 3. Global Issues In Context. Web. 29 Jan. 2013.

Landess, Harriet. "Society and Culture: The Rwandese Hutu, Tutsi and Twa - Tucson World Travel | Examiner.com." Welcome to Examiner.com | Examiner.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2013. <__ [|http://www.examiner.com/article/society-and-culture-the-rwandese-hutu-tutsi-and-twa]  __>.

"Tutsi - Introduction, Location, Language, Folklore, Religion, Major holidays, Rites of passage, Relationships, Living conditions." Countries and Their Cultures. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2013. <http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Brazil-to-Congo-Republic-of/Tutsi.html>.

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">"Tutsi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2013.

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Jatto. Rwandan Genocide | Sahara Reporters. N.d. Rwanda. Rwandan Genocide. Web. 29 Jan. 2013.
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Biro, Yaëlle. "Tutsi Basketry". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tuts/hd_tuts.htm>.