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New gifts – Learn the Lingala Language

Kinois have an interesting tradition when it comes to noticing if someone has wearing something new, for example, a new shirt or new shoes. The observer says ‘putulu’, which essentially means ‘congratulations’. But then that same person is expected to give the person with the new object a small gift, such as a soft drink.

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Source

https://lobalingala.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/23042014-loba-lingala.pdf

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