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Africa-Press – Angola. <\/strong><\/span>With millennial traditional rituals and a miscellany of ethnic groups, the municipality of Luchazes, province of Moxico, is one of the regions that have a rich cultural heritage, different from other parts of the country.<\/b><\/p>\n

The practice of magic and typically traditional rituals are some of the characteristics of the Luchazes people, one of the most numerous and expressive tribes in Cangamba, along with the Kangalas, Bundas and Yahumas, groups that owe direct obedience to the king of the Mbunda people, Mwene MBandu, whose headquarters are in the village of Lumba Nguimbo, municipality of Bundas.<\/p>\n

Kassendo – pact of eternal love<\/p>\n

Among the various rituals that make this people distinct, is the Kassendo, also known as a typically traditional marriage, or bond of union, embodied in an infinite pact established between a man and a woman, through the exchange of blood that symbolizes eternal love.<\/p>\n

It is, according to Prince Cangamba, Anto\u0301nio Canguya, an oath ritual for couples, in secrecy, without anyone’s knowledge, not even family members, remaining only secret from peers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis pact, through the exchange of blood, means that, when one dies a few days later, the other also dies naturally, symbolizing eternal union\u201d, details the prince.<\/p>\n

According to this traditional authority, although this ritual is on the verge of extinction, due to the influence of globalization and the emergence of Christian values, a \u201cvery\u201d restricted group still preserves it.<\/p>\n

Kulama – a ‘workshop’ of maturity<\/p>\n

Kassendo is preceded by another ritual practice from the Luchaze culture – the Kulama, considered the first stage of the relationship between a man and his future partner.<\/p>\n

Kulama is a practice that allows parents to choose their children’s future partners\/wives, which can occur during the girl’s mother’s pregnancy or during her adolescence.<\/p>\n

According to Anto\u0301nio Canguya, the boy’s parents have the legitimacy to identify a girl in the village to be chosen as their son’s future wife, when he reaches adulthood.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the woman is chosen, no other suitor should approach her\u201d, he explains, adding that it is a practice that gives dignity and a feeling of accomplishment to the parents who choose the partner for their son, raising the honor of the girl’s family.<\/p>\n

\u201cMothers are concerned when their daughter is not chosen. It is a shameful act,\u201d she maintains.<\/p>\n

Despite being a ritual, also ‘consumed’ by time, given the strong influence of modernity values, the traditional authority argues that this practice was considered beneficial, because it allowed a deep knowledge of the partner’s uses and customs from an early age.<\/p>\n

“Today, there are many conflicts in homes, because young people disrespect this stage, limiting themselves to getting married without having the necessary knowledge of the partner”, maintains the authority.<\/p>\n

To do justice to his position, he exemplifies the case of his wife, with whom he has had a relationship since he was nine, something that has lasted 40 years.<\/p>\n

Nyamucho \u2013 a female school<\/p>\n

Among the uses and customs in the region, the Nyamucho – female circumcision – a ritual that aims at preparing the woman before joining her partner.<\/p>\n

Nyamucho is considered a traditional school where women receive instructions from older people in the community on the model of life and relationship, behavior and treatment of the husband.<\/p>\n

Unlike the Mukanda, as happens in several other tribes and cultures in the region, in which the man is isolated for a period of three to six months or even a year to receive instructions from adults, in Nyamucho the women of the region, normally in the transition from adolescence to adulthood, benefit from the teachings of the matriarchs, in an interval of two weeks to one month.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen a woman goes through this ritual, it means that she has reached maturity to start her own family\u201d, she says.<\/p>\n

Mungongue \u2013 The magic of leaders<\/p>\n

In more remote times, in the region of Cangamba reigned a magical practice, called Mungongue, which served to strengthen the sovereignty and power of authorities.<\/p>\n

When an authority was indicated to assume an important position in the principality or sovereign, he was mysteriously taken to the Mungongue, a clandestine place, to be baptized and receive the powers of the patriarchs.<\/p>\n

According to Prince Cangamba, authority is transported, at night, by a flying animal, without the knowledge of the inhabitants of the community, to Mungongue, where a special party is held, in a gesture of welcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen transported, the person screams, but no one in the community can hear the screams or realize the scene\u201d, he reinforces.<\/p>\n

Questioned whether it was a sorcery practice, the authority denied it, considering it a ritual of the tribe’s own and cultural nature, which will have disappeared over time.<\/p>\n

Several tribes, but united in diversity<\/p>\n

Despite the linguistic diversity, given the cultural mosaic of the region, the cohabitation of the different tribes in the region is healthy.<\/p>\n

According to Anto\u0301nio Canguya, in the region reigns the spirit of concord and respect between people from different tribes, who work together for better living conditions, in a municipality marked by lack of communication routes for the flow of agricultural products to shopping centres.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmong tribes, we live well, we marry each other and we love each other\u201d, assumes the traditional authority.<\/p>\n

the municipality<\/p>\n

With 20 thousand inhabitants, residing in a territorial area of \u200b\u200b43 thousand and 180 kilometres, the municipality of Luchazes, the southernmost region of Luena, has four communes, namely Tempue\u0301, Muie\u0301, Cassamba and Congombe.<\/p>\n

Located more than 350 kilometers south of the city of Luena, capital of Moxico, Luchazes has agricultural potential, honey production and water resources.<\/p>\n

The also former Vila de Aljustrel in the colonial era was established in 1907. In 1909, it became the captaincy of the Luchazes (PP 275, of April 1, 1909), according to the Portuguese official bulletin of March 14, 1922.<\/p>\n

Under Decree-Law No. 109, the region was separated from Moxico (headquarters municipality) to form the Luchazes district, with the capital headquarters set in Cangamba.<\/p>\n

It has a cultural mosaic that brings together several ethnic tribes, such as Luchazes, Kangalas, Yahumas, Bundas, Nganguelas, Cokwes and Vasekeli, the latter belonging to the Khoisan group.<\/p>\n

Luchazes, formerly Vila Aljustrel, borders the province of Cuando-Cubango to the south, through the municipalities of Mavinga and Cuito Cuanavale, and to the west with Bie\u0301, through the regions of Chitembo and Camacupa.<\/p>\n

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