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200-year-old fig tree off limits to locals thanks to myths, traditions

Jenifer Ingolo 90 years old showing the magic tree at Khumutibo area in Khwisero where they assembled whenever there was crisis or indiscipline among themselves. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

No one dares cut a branch from a fig tree covered with creepers at Mwiyembekho village in Khwisero.

William Okumu, 83, says even living next to the tree, known among the Abakisa clan as Omulundu can be precarious.

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