& Fun Stuff: Games, Food & Phrases Say a few words in a tribal language, try a recipe or play a game!  MALAWI “The Warm Heart of Africa”
· CHICHEWA VOCAULARY WORDS Practice on your friends! Zikomo kwambiri Thank you very much! Abwenzi Friends Moni Hello Muli bwanji How are you? Tionana See you later Tsalani Bwino Stay well`	· NSIMA The staple of meals in Malawi! Cook some yourself! INGREDIENTS: 1 cup Ufa (finely Ground Cornmeal or Cassava) and 2 ¾-3 cups Water. Butter or Margarine is optional. COOKING INSTRUCTIONS: Heat water in a saucepan until lukewarm. Mix a little ufa with the water, stirring well, using a wooden spoon to make sure no lumps form. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, then lower the heat and let pot boil gently for a few minutes. The mixture should look like thin, transparent porridge. Sprinkle remaining ufa into the pot a little bit at a time, stirring constantly. Keep stirring until nsima is smooth and well cooked. A little butter or margarine may be stirred in at this point. Serve in a dish accompanied by a relish such as pumpkin leaves or hot pepper sauce. (This recipe serves 2) CULTURAL NOTES: Nsima is served at most meals and may be the only thing served. To eat nsima in the traditional way, use the fingers of your right hand to take a small portion of nsima and mold it into a ball about the size of a golf ball. Make a small dent in the ball with your thumb. Use the nsima as a spoon to scoop up the relish which is served from a communal bowl. Do NOT “double dip”. Before eating, everyone washes their hands in order of their family status: father or guests first, then the mother, and others follow according to age. One of the younger children, a boy or girl, carries the water dish to each of the others so they may wash and dry their hands.
· BAO A traditional African game Make your own board and play! SUPPLIES NEEDED: One empty, standard sze (12 eggs) egg carton, sixty dried beans, large seeds, or stones, and two small cups. SET-UP: (2 players) Player A sits across from Player B. Each player places five beans in each section of the egg carton. Place a cup to the right of each player. The cups are the goals.
OBJECT OF THE GAME: Get more beans in the cup than the opponent.
PLAYING INSTRUCTIONS: 2. Player A picks up all the beans from one of his/her hollows and drops one in each hollow, quickly moving clockwise along the row to the left. 3. If the last bean falls in a hollow with other beans, the player picks up all the beans in the hollow and continues to drop these, moving clockwise. 4. When a player reaches the end of the row closest to him/her, he/she drops the next bean in his/her goal and starts again at the beginning of the row farthest away from him/her. 5. When the last bean is dropped into an empty hollow, the turn is over. 6. Player B takes a turn playing. 7. Game continues until there are no more beans in the twelve small hollows. 8. The player with the most beans in his/her goal WINS.
	· DANCING! There is always music in Malawi and where there is music, there is dancing! If you go for a visit in Malawi, come prepared with a few songs to sing and a dance to share. Join in with the locals and learn a traditional dance or song!
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