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About Batwa People and their origin The Batwa people speak Rutwa, a dialect of the Kinyarwanda language, and mainly practice traditional religion. The traditional Batwa culture is rich in songs, dances, and music and the cultural integration of the Batwa people into social life gives them a distinct identity from neighboring communities. The Batwa, like all other forest-dwelling peoples, consider themselves to have a close and intimate relationship with the forest in which they once lived. The Batwa's current landlessness is the result of the loss of their historic habitat, the forests where they once lived as hunters and gatherers. For centuries, the Batwa people depended on hunting and gathering in the forest. However, today most of them live on the outskirts of their ancestral forest land bordered by the Echuya Bamboo Forest, Mgahinga National Park, and Semliki National Park. Batwa's expropriation and landlessness are due to environmental conservation measures impl...