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survey
the land of Nkoya: the road between Njonjolo and Kalale
at the crossing of the Kazo river
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explore
a Nkoya village and pause at its housing styles, clothing
habits, material objects and agricultural produce
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seconded
by her little under-age helper, and under the approving
eyes of her mentrix, the novice (kank'anga) performs her
solo dance at the end of her initiation training period |
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another
phase in the coming-out dance |
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the
royal ancestral shrine of the kings of the Nkoya Nawiko;
note the sculptured ancestral poles |
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Nkoya
men bring the royal salute to the royal graves at the
Sikombwe royal establishment, Kaoma district, 1992 |
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a
modern royal shrine: the concrete tombstone for Mwene
Kanyinca, king of the Nkoya Nawiko in the early twentieth
century |
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the
late Mwene Mutondo, king of the Nkoya Nawiko, posing in
state at the Kazanga annual ceremony of 1991 |
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the
late Mwene Kahare, king of the Nkoya Mashasha, performs
the royal dance at the Kazanga royal ceremony of 1991 |
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the
late Mwene Kahare, king of the Nkoya Mashasha, prostrates
himself in order to drink from the sacrificial
traditional beer which is contained in a enamel bowl
sunken to the rim into the ground, at the temporary royal
ancestral shrine at the end of his royal dance during the
Kazanga annual ceremony, 1991. Note the basket with
currency notes about to be offered to the shrine. The
bowl replaces the human victim's skull-cap stipulated by
custom |