Reaction Towards The People of Tanzania

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Reaction Towards The People of Tanzania

Transcript

I'd been to Cyprus before and I'd been to Germany so being away wasn't a problem, it was just a little different culture than I had been used to at home or Germany or Cyprus, just a little... Every country has their own little idiosyncrasies and I guess at that time Tanzania was one of the poorest countries I had ever visited. So when you see people, we're used to sitting at tables and eating our meals and stuff and they'd gather around a community pot in the middle of a little square in front of, in their villages and they'd eat out of the pot, you know, so this type of tribal influence was right into the city of Dar es Salaam. The main city itself, “haven of peace” they call it, that's the term Dar es Salaam, and it's surrounded by villages, native villages, plantations.

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Mr. Kish relates his personal experiences with respect to the culture and traditions of the people and the differences in tribal influence amongst the locals.

Erl Kish

Mr. Erl Kish was born January 3, 1935 in Inverary, Ontario. Coming from a military family, with a grandfather in WWI and an uncle in WWII, Mr. Kish always felt the desire to join the military and made the decision to join the army first with the Royal Canadian Service Corp. In 1963, he took on the trade of mechanic and amalgamated with the Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical Engineers. After several tours and 30 years service, Mr. Kish held the rank of Sergeant until his retirement as Chief Warrant Officer. Returning to civilian life, Mr. Kish remained a mechanic until retirement. Mr. Kish joined the Legion and remains a proud member.

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