Durata:12giorni
Date:17/05/23 – 27/05/23
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In the far west of Zambia, near the town of Zambesi, the historic Likumbi Lya Mize ceremony of the Luvale people is perpetuated in August. It is the concluding part of the complex Mukanda initiation rite, a three-month training to adult life, of young adolescents who are also circumcised. The ceremony is accompanied by the coming out of a multitude of Makishi masks with their dances, declared Intangible World Heritage by UNESCO in 2008.
Mize is the name of the village that hosts the traditional Luvale court, not far from the town of Zambezi. The Makishi dancers and their beautiful, large masks impersonate the spirits of the ancestors who accompany each initiate in his or her training. At the beginning of the Mukanda, the young people are escorted by the masks and the women towards the river, symbolising the passage to the Hereafter, since they will die as children and resurrect after their training in a secret and isolated place, returning to the world of the living as adults, on the day of the Likumbi Lya Mize. The ceremony thus celebrates a kind of collective resurrection, in which hundreds of different Makishi masks/spirits accompany the young initiates towards the town of Zambezi and the court of Mize, shouting and making incomprehensible sounds, amidst dances and songs, colours and dazzling rhythms, welcomed by the community and festive mothers.
Day 1: Saturday 17 August 2024
Outward flight/Lusaka (LBV)
Day 2: Sunday 18 August 2024
Lusaka
Days 3-4: Monday 19 August to Tuesday 20 August 2024
Lusaka/Solwezi/Zambezi
Days 5-8: Wednesday 21 August to Saturday 24 August 2024
Zambezi (Likumbi Lya Mize Festival)
Day 9: Sunday, 25 August 2024
Zambezi/Kafue National Park
Day 10: Monday 26 August 2024
Kafue National Park
Day 11: Tuesday 27 August 2024
Kafue National Park/Lusaka
Day 12: Wednesday 28 August 2024
Lusaka/Flight
Day 13: Thursday 29 August 2024
Return flight
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Date:17/05/23 – 27/05/23
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