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songs and music |
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village centre |
15 H |
otunga |
the songs of otunga |
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(ritual of the planting of the "otunga" |
The playing of the sitar |
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and the sacrifice of the chicken) |
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18 H |
e long etsigha |
The playing of the horn |
Mbandja |
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(horn call by the Kambo) |
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19 H |
e dzi eboga |
The playing of the sitar |
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(chewing of Eboga) |
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village centre |
20 H |
nginda ou mezo m'awou |
songs of nginda de Mwengue |
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(classical dance or entry of |
accompanied by the sitar |
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the mwengue to keep away mourning) |
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Nzimba |
21 H |
nzimba |
the playing of the musical arc |
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(same as in Efun) |
(the sitar player stays in the Mbandja) |
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village centre |
22 H |
endzamba (march) ou |
songs of endzamba or of the kongo |
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kongo (indian file for |
accompanied by the playing of the sitar |
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the keeping away of mourning) |
which welcome the group |
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to the point of the Central Pillar |
Mbandja |
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ko-kongo |
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(ritual of the hopping) |
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o küa mbari |
the songs of the Yembe |
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(ritual of the tortoise walk) |
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togue mwengue |
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(ritual of the transport |
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of ritual objects) |
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23 H |
P A U S E |
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(The installation of the Ngangas. |
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Only in certain temples |
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is the entrance ceremony replayed) |
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mitombo |
the song of the mitombo |
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ma ô kouka |
songs on the road to death |
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(sortie de la torche) |
with sitar and the Yembe |
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ndzambia pongo |
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(reprise of the exit of the torch) |
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sanza na tina |
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(the inversion of the ferns and the people) |
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assouka ké badi |
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(ritual of the tortoise) |
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essoumba a ntoe nsinguele |
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(ritual of Veronica) |
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24 H |
ayeghela |
the playing of the sitar and the musical arc |
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(the midnight prayer and reprise of the |
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purification of the stools, |
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of the chewing, of the fumigation and |
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the sweeping of the temple by the women) |
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1 H |
obango awou |
songs of the obango awou |
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(the dance of the obango can |
with drums and triangle |
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accompany all the rituals) |
(the small drum, mekeme ; |
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the middle drum, akamedinga ; |
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e koule beyombo |
the large drum, ngom ou ossoumba) |
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(the exit of the Yombos with obango dances) |
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mwengue |
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(the ritual of the two torches with endzamba dance) |
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awou |
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(the return of death) |
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mekoudjou endemba |
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(the ritual of Christ crucified) |
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ngoua, akala mbane |
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(the passage over the fire) |
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assalga |
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(the autopsy ritual) |
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ébiko |
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(the anger of the nephew, the exit of the torches) |
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3 H |
ayeghela |
The drums give way |
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(the prayer, the collection) |
to the sitar |
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mitombo |
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P A U S E |
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exit of the Yombos at each chant |
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missengué |
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(circle dance around the fire) |
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épépé |
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(ritual of the fan) |
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nkine békombo |
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(the cortege of the Ngangas) |
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e long etsigha |
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6 H |
END of the ceremony |
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