PeopleCentral Africa

🇨🇩Baluba

Great lakes-savanna people of the DRC; memory boards (lukasa) archive history.

🇨🇩 Congo (DRC)Tshiluba

Customs they practice

1 recorded rite, each with its steps and its WHY.

Matanga · the Kongo mourning cycle

In Congolese practice, the wake and mourning period ends with matanga: a final gathering, often with music and dance, that formally lifts the mourning and releases the family back to life.

🇨🇩 🇨🇬 🇦🇴Bakongo · Baluba

Names from this tradition

13 names in the decoder, meaning first.

Kabuya

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small

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Mukendi

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warrior

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Ndaya

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love

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Tshibanda

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gift

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Kasongo

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thankfulness

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Lunyele

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peace

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Mbuyi

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ancestors

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Kankonde

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small thing

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Tshala

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light

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Kayembe

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joy

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Ngalula

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success

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Tshipata

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happiness

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Kin & neighbours

🇷🇼 🇨🇩Banyarwanda 🇨🇩 🇨🇬Bakongo 🇳🇬 🇳🇪Fulani (Fulɓe)🇬🇦 🇬🇶Fang 🇨🇲Grassfields peoples (Bamiléké and kin)