Kind-hearted viewers, welcome to A Journey through Aesthetic Realms on Supreme Master Television. Today, we will travel to the beautiful African nation of Malawi and have a glimpse of her traditional village life.

The Republic of Malawi is located in southeast Africa, bordering Zambia,Tanzania and Mozambique. The famous Lake Malawi extends north to south through two-thirds of the country.

The nation’s Lake Malawi National Park and the Chongoni Rock Art Area are listed as United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites.

Malawi is also celebrated for her indigenous dance, wood carving, and oil paintings. For centuries, people in Malawi’s countryside lived in harmony with nature.

In an effort to revive this sustainable tradition, a culture center has been established in Lilongwe.
Let’s meet our wonderful local host, Mr. Shombi Banda, who will introduce to us the everyday life of traditional Malawians.

Shombi Banda (m): Hi, I’m Shombi Banda from Malawi, the village manager here. If you look around here, you can see that there’s a big forest here, and the village has been designed in a different way.

This is how Malawi was looking like a hundred of years ago. And what we are trying to remind the Malawians, that in those days, all the people, they were living a simple life, but it was a nice life.
They were living a happy and enjoyable life; it’s natural. 

Shombi Banda (m): We are trying to keep our culture in place. So that’s why we are trying to put everything in the place, so that our kids can come here and see what it was like here. It was nice here.

HOST: Deep-rooted in Malawian custom is their respect for nature. Whether it is a piece of wood, or a handful of soil, everything is greatly cherished and minimally disturbed.

Shombi Banda (m): Our main reason here is to conserve the natural resources. So one of them is the trees.