Barlonyo

Barlonyo (means the field of wealth) is a village housing an Internally Displaced Person camp in northern Uganda near Lira town, where a number of internally displaced people (IDPs) from parts of northern Uganda lived, as a result of a 20-year LRA insurgency. It is located in Orit Parish, at the North -eastern end of Ogur sub-county in Lira District. It is a 45 minute drive from Lira town. Ironically it is now a field of graves, making it a tourist attraction site. What catches the eyes is the v-shaped 70 meter long grave on which residents of Barlonyo will be seated on it, eating or washing their clothes - or even drinking potent gin.