Mythologies of the Tutsi Tribe
The Tutsi ( / ˈ t ʊ t s i / TUUT -see [ 2 ] ), also called Watusi , Watutsi or Abatutsi ( Kinyarwanda pronunciation: [ ɑ.βɑ.tuː.t͡si ] ), are an ethnic group established primarily in Rwanda and Burundi . They are a Bantu -speaking people and the second-largest of three main ethnic groups in Rwanda and Burundi, the other two being the Hutu and Twa . Historically, the Tutsi were pastoralists and filled the ranks of the warrior caste . Before 1962, they regulated and controlled Rwandan society, which consisted of Tutsi aristocrats and Hutu commoners under a clientship structure. The Tutsi occupied the dominant positions in the sharply stratified society and constituted the ruling class. The Tutsi also derive a significant amount of their ancestry from the Sog Eastern Sahelians (a long-extinct Nilo-Saharan group). The Sog were agro-pastoralists who entered Rwanda and Burundi in 2,000 BC, mostly settling in southern Rwanda and to the east and wes...