Ouagadougou
"Ouaga," to the locals, is the capital of Burkina Faso and a major cultural center, built around the central market, featuring food, fabrics and crafts. The city has large shaded avenues, modern architecture, hotels, a congressional palace, a center for international conferences, numerous municipal gardens and a forest (park) with a lake and exotic birds. Most of the central area can be visited on foot, but the city also has bicycle lanes in its wide boulevards. In the center are the Presidential Palace to the east, the Cathedral and the Mogho Naba's Palace to the south. The National Museum contains traditional masks from Burkina's main ethnic groups, a large collection of traditional musical instruments, baskets, pottery, farm tools. Visitors may also visit the Manufacturing and Leather Tanning Center, the National Artisans Center, the Georges Méliès Cultural Center, the Women's Training Center.
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