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.
Type evenement: Festival
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
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.
NYANG NYANG Festival
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.
NKACK Festival
Every two years, during the NKACK festival, the chiefdom lives to the rhythm of traditional dances and ancestral rites.
NZOUH Festival
This is a ritual dance performed only by the chief, allied chiefs and high dignitaries. The reigning king of Bazou performed this ritual and royal dance for the first time in 2015, after 30 years of reign. The Nzouh festival has since become a biennial event.
NEKOU NEKU’U
This biennial festival is a moment of purification and exorcism to which the whole village is invited.
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.
GWOUO’O GWOUONG Festival
It’s an opportunity for all Bansoa communities to get together and mobilize around the organization (forum, discussion, fair, exhibition, traditional dance parade) to make the event memorable.
Kebouh Festival
This annual event features a banana dance, usually performed by village women.