The aim of this event is to train young people in the customs and traditions of the region, and to ensure that these traditions are passed on to future generations.
Archives: Evenements culturels
NGOU NGUONG Festival
It’s a journey of initiation designed to safeguard and reinvigorate our traditions. Through this event, we revisit our traditions, reframe our values, and present an intimate face of our people through our cultural achievements.
Festival NEKANG PE MUNGOUM
In the Nguemba language, this word means “power” and “magic”. It also designates the care produced by healers of authentic power. Its rite, instituted by forefathers, applies exclusively to boys (although it is their mothers and grandmothers who prepare the ingredients), in ceremonies that are not public. Initiation into NEKANG shows that a boy has… Continue reading Festival NEKANG PE MUNGOUM
LIE LA TATOMDJA Festival
It is the promotion of Baham culture in its essential aspects, the specific objectives being: -the highlighting of Baham cultural wealth; the gathering of Baham people around what they have in common; the contribution by the specificities of Baham culture to the enrichment and influence of national culture.
LEGHOUO-LAH Festival
Baleveng village purification ceremony, a time for recollection, blessing the harvests and protecting the population and the village from evil spirits.
GAH’CHOU Festival
The GAH’CHOU cultural festival, abbreviated FECUGA, is a cultural event following the festivities marking the “return to culture”.
CHEPAN Festival
is a week-long cultural and artistic festival celebrated every leap year. It symbolizes a holy year of recollection and prayer, during which all Bamendjo sons and daughters return to the source of their tradition to cleanse themselves of their defilement and sin.
Taro Festival
The name “Taro” refers to the traditional dish “crushed taro”, which has become a staple of confreries and secret totemic societies. This biennial festival is also an occasion for sharing and communion with other “sister” communities.
Ngouon Festival
A cultural and traditional festival, the Ngouon festival is a biennial ceremony not to be missed among the Bamouns. Indeed, the word Nguon means paying tribute to the owner of the land being cultivated. This famous event is a conference of the sovereign people before the KU-Mutngu (spears of justice carried by members of the… Continue reading Ngouon Festival
Medumba Festival
The city of Bangangté, capital of the department of Ndé, and the surrounding area, vibrate harmoniously to the rhythm of the Medumba Arts and Culture Festival.