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What is the Makishi dance?
The Makishi masquerade is performed at the end of the mukanda, an annual initiation ritual for boys between the ages of eight and twelve. Usually at the beginning of the dry season, the young boys leave their homes and live for one to three months in an isolated bush camp.
What is the traditional ceremony for Luvale?
Likumbi Lya Mize
The official traditional ceremony is Likumbi Lya Mize, and is one of the most popular traditional festivals in Zambia. Taking place during the last weekend of August, it includes two initiation ceremonies, one for girls and one for boys.
What is Mukanda ceremony?
Mukanda, is an initiation ritual for boys, which is practiced by the Mbunda. Usually, the young boys live for three to six months at a bush camp away from their villages after circumcission, to be taught practical survival-skills as well as knowledge about nature, religion, social practices and values.
Where did the Luvale people come from?
Luvale, also spelled Lubale, or Lovale, also called Lwena, or Luena, Bantu-speaking people of northwestern Zambia and southeastern Angola.
What is Akalela?
Akalela, for example, is created by beating three large drums while over 30 people dance in well-choreographed formations, an organizational feat that is usually performed in large, open spaces and draws huge crowds. The sound of drums can be transmitted over a distance of ten kilometres.
What is Likumbi Lya Mize?
‘Likumbi Lya Mize’ translates to ‘ceremony of the Mize’ which is the name of the headquarters of the Luvale and is located in the town of Zambezi in North Western Province.
Which tribe celebrates the Likumbi Lya Mize ceremony?
The Likumbi Lya Mize is a ceremony at which the Luvale people celebrate the enthronement of their late senior chieftainess, Nyamulombwe who lived for 123 years and died in 1963. It is also an occasion dedicated to the remembrance of the origins of the Luvale tribe and the establishment of the Mize traditional capital.
Who is the chief of Luvale people?
Chief Ndungu
The senior chief of the Luvale people is Chief Ndungu. However, this is a post-colonial practice, as the Luvale initially did not recognise a paramount leader but instead were ruled by local chiefs who inherited the throne through a matrilineal line.
What is Kalela dance?
A song from the Kalela Dance of the Zambian Copperbelt. The original language of this song is a form of Bemba spoken on the Copperbelt and easily understood by other people working in the mines. Most of the songs comment satirically on life on the Copperbelt.
Who is the popular musician in Zambia?
Kangwa Kapamba, or Exile as he is better known, is an accomplished songwriter, singer and producer. The singer has worked with the who’s who in the Zambian music industry, and he was named as the most featured artist in Zambia.
What is Kalindula dance?
The kalindula musical style is characterized by an up-tempo rhythm and, in addition to the kalindula bass guitar, one or more hand-crafted guitars which are called ‘banjos’ (pronounced locally as ‘bahn-jo’). Homemade drum sets are also used in some kalindula bands.
Who celebrate Umutomboko ceremony?
The Umutomboko is a two-day ceremony which celebrates the advent of the Lunda and Luba people to Zambia from Kola in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Where does the Makishi masquerade take place in Zambia?
The Makishi masquerade is performed at the end of the mukanda, an annual initiation ritual for boys between the ages of eight and twelve. This ritual is celebrated by the Vaka Chiyama Cha Mukwamayi communities, which include the Luvale, Chokwe, Luchazi and Mbunda peoples, who live in the northwestern and western provinces of Zambia.
When did the Makishi masquerade become an intangible cultural heritage?
Inscribed in 2008 ( 3.COM) on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (originally proclaimed in 2005) The Makishi masquerade is performed at the end of the mukanda, an annual initiation ritual for boys between the ages of eight and twelve.
Who are the masked characters in the Makishi masquerade?
The Makishi is another masked character, representing the spirit of a deceased ancestor who returns to the world of the living to assist the boys. The completion of the mukanda is celebrated with a graduation ceremony.
Where do the vaka Chiyama Cha mukwamayi live?
This ritual is celebrated by the Vaka Chiyama Cha Mukwamayi communities, which include the Luvale, Chokwe, Luchazi and Mbunda peoples, who live in the northwestern and western provinces of Zambia. Usually at the beginning of the dry season, the young boys leave their homes and live for one to three months in an isolated bush camp.