Angola
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🌍 Cooler Facts about Angola
🎹 Sansa – the Traveler's Friend: A tiny piano-like instrument played by the Umbunu people while they roam the land.
🌊 River Challenge: The most important rivers in Angola start with a “C”! Try saying these fast: Cuando, Cuanza, Cubango, Cuango, and Cuenene!
💰 Petroleum Power: Out of every $10 Angola earns, $9 is from oil exports. That's a lot of liquid gold!
🎭 The Chokwe Masking School: When boys become men, they train for one month while wearing a mask. At the end, they burn the mask and return home wiser than ever.
🦁 Angola, the Stone Lion
🌓 A Lion in the Eclipse: During a total eclipse, a chosen one must sing to awaken Angola, the winged lion turned to stone.
🕯️ The Candle Test: Only the child whose candle stays lit can sing: “ANGOLA, ANGOLA. MY HEART CALLS UNTO YOU...”
😨 The Twist: I sang, but it came out all wrong: “ANGELA, ANGELA... MY HEART CALLS UNTO YOU...”
😈 Angela whispered, “I’m listening.” The class laughed and screamed. Thank goodness she blew out my candle in time—or did she?

