Tanzania
-- Sports,
entertainment,
and recreation
The
most popular
sports in
Tanzania
are soccer
and boxing.
Tanzania
has also
produced
several
world class
runners.
For
entertainment,
Tanzanians
enjoy music,
dancing
and storytelling.
Socializing
at coffee
houses and
visiting
friends
and relatives
are important
social customs.
Young people
play checkers
and cards
while older
Tanzanians,
especially
on the coast
play Mbao.
This is
a very popular
game throughout
Africa.
It consists
of one board
with two
rows of
pits filled
with seeds
or stones.
The object
of the game
is to "eat"
all your
opponents
seeds. Mbao
is similar
to chess
in that
masters
plan twenty
moves in
advance.
Movies
are also
an important
form of
entertainment.
Action packed
martial
arts movies
and Indian
movies are
some of
the most
popular.
There are
twelve AM
and four
FM radio
stations.
Tanzanians
own more
than 640,000
radio sets
and they
often keep
them on
all day
long.
