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Ugandan Homemade Drink Threatened by Bill, Market Changes — VOA Learning English

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Ugandan Homemade Drink Threatened by Bill, Market Changes

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Lawmakers in Uganda are considering barring people from making a popular alcoholic drink at home.

The bill being considered would affect people like the Ndyanabo family.

At least once a week, Girino Ndyanabo’s family gathers around a hole in the ground where bananas have been left to ripen. The family then peels the bananas and puts them into a wooden container shaped like a boat. The father steps in with his bare feet. The sweet banana juice he presses out is then filtered. To this he adds sorghum. The juice is then left to ferment for up to a day. This process changes the juice into an alcoholic drink.

The result is the home-brewed drink Ugandans call tonto, or tontomera. This word describes…

Торкнись будь-якого слова — переклад з’явиться одразу, а слово ляже в твою добірку разом із реченням.

Rodney Muhumuza reported this story for the Associated Press. Anna Matteo adapted this story for VOA Learning English.

Джерело: learningenglish.voanews.com/a/ugandan-homemade-drink-threatened-by-bill-market-c

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