{"id":10268,"date":"2018-09-27T06:56:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T06:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=10268"},"modified":"2018-09-27T06:56:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T06:56:11","slug":"musee-vivant-on-the-verge-of-disappearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/musee-vivant-on-the-verge-of-disappearing\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMus\u00e9e Vivant\u201d on the verge of disappearing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Created to be an excellent display of the artistic, cultural and animal beauty of Burundi in the capital, \u201cMus\u00e9e Vivant\u201d, a tourist site, is in danger of disappearing if nothing is done.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A crocodile inside \u201cMus\u00e9e Vivant\u2019\u2019<\/p><\/div>\n

At the entrance of this tourist site almost in the heart of the capital, craftsmen of all kinds are seen in the western part of the museum. There are magnificent hand-made traditional objects for decoration, earrings, bracelets…. displayed at the entrance of each shop.<\/p>\n

Craftsmen met on the spot say the number of customers has considerably decreased since 2015. \u201cThe number of customers has considerably gone low due to the crisis that broke out in 2015 and greatly affected the city. Since then, we receive a small number of visitors,\u201d he says adding that there is a small improvement compared to 2015.<\/p>\n

This place also offers visitors an opportunity to discover traditional houses and some specimens of animals found in the waters and forests of the country. \u201cThere are six crocodiles, a leopard, two chimpanzees, an antelope, snakes of different species and small fishes in an aquarium\u201d.<\/p>\n

The guide says the number of animals present on the site has reduced over the years. \u201cWhen an animal dies, it is difficult to replace it. This is the reason why the species have reduced,\u201d he says, showing a turtle shell \u201cYou can see the turtle has recently died but it has not yet been replaced\u201d.<\/p>\n

The economic and political crisis that broke out in the country in 2015 has not spared this museum. \u201cToday, we can receive an average of ten people per day. The number has gone low since 2015,\u201d says the guide. The absence of tourists in the museum affects its proper functioning.<\/p>\n

Despite the effects of the crisis, \u201cMus\u00e9e Vivant\u201d is still attractive to some young people who enjoy sitting on the crocodile, holding snakes, listening to the guides\u2019 information about animals, traditional objects and huts inside the museum.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know there are all those species of snakes. I enjoyed playing with chimpanzees and discovering traditional objects,\u201d says Emery, a young man from Kanyosha, a southern neighborhood in Bujumbura city.<\/p>\n

Arl\u00e8ne, a young woman who has come to visit the museum is also impressed. \u201cThe zoo is always amazing because of its beauty and diversity. The warm welcome and the deep explanations of the guides are important because we learn a lot of things\u201d.<\/p>\n

She however calls on the government to put much effort in the preservation of this traditional wealth. \u201cI visit this place at least once a year and I can see that there are species that are disappearing. You can see the empty places where crocodiles, turtles, lizards\u2026, used to live,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

The World Tourism Day, which is celebrated every 27 September is a unique opportunity to raise people\u2019s awareness of the tourism\u2019s actual and potential contribution to sustainable development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Created to be an excellent display of the artistic, cultural and animal beauty of Burundi in the capital, \u201cMus\u00e9e Vivant\u201d, a tourist site, is in danger of disappearing if nothing is done. At the entrance of this tourist site almost in the heart of the capital, craftsmen of all kinds are seen in the western […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":10264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[108,749],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10268"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10269,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10268\/revisions\/10269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}