Photo: Mambo Bafut- annual dance (1)

Place: Annual Dance, Mambo Bafut, Bamenda, Province du Nord-Ouest, Cameroon

Gijs Bekenkamp

By Gijs Bekenkamp
Uploaded on 29 December 2007
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Mambo Bafut- annual dance (1)

An annual dance is performed in Mambo-Bafut. I am invited as guests of honour by chief Wankie. I arrive early in the morning so I can help preparing the food for this evening and.. Around five o'clock in the afternoon chief Wanki takes a seat on his thrown. On his sign the dance starts. Fifty to sixty people dance in a big circle and pay honour to the chief. Once in a while a gun is fired which is highly appreciated by the chief. The people dance for hours and are sometimes accompanied by the chief.

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