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the hunt. The convoy also included all the goddesses in charge of gifts to be offered as gifts to God
Nyamuhanga the Supreme Being as soon as they arrived in the land of the Nande. As the Providence Hangi was walking very fast, the Spirit Muhima the Great Celestial Seer, claimed that he alone carried the
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Hangi the Spirit of
Providence and Luck was in the front row followed by Mbolu the protector of female youth and Lusenge the protector of male youth. The Kapipi Spirit, the Master of the forest and of the initiation to wisdom, was in the last row surrounded by his pack of seventy-seven sacred dogs of
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It is these stone points that have been compared to the scaly back of the dragon that the narrative tradition conveys from father to son as a mythology, with an underlying religious idea. This mysterious crossing was made possible thanks to the intervention of the spirit
Katulikanzira, who preceded
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today). While the great Drum swooped down, Kisi the Great Sun jostled
Nyabhandu the mother of men. This one emitted the first word of the men which is a questioning: āwhat are you doing Ukayira uthi? Hence the ethnonym Yira given to the Nande to designate the people of those who were born after the
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The following Yira names have become very popular throughout the world, because of a great increase in the birth rate among this people and their strong representations in the various fields of life, these names form one of their particularities , these names are in each restricted family, here are
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have maintained a flourishing economic activity and until today despite the wars. Industrialization had started in the region at the initiative of the local economic elite with the special economic zone of
Musienene. The Nande people have also produced an intellectual elite who have distinguished
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The Yira are subdivided into 14 clans including the
Baswagha, Basu(Basukali for female), Bamate(bamate is just a family name), Bahira, Bakira, Bahambo, Bito, Batangi, Basongora, Bakumbule, Batike Babinga, Balhumba and Balegha.The 14 clans are subdivided into families,Each clan is ruled by its own
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One day, the cow wanted to relieve herself. She looked down and dropped the great Drum. She ran to God
Nyamuhanga to be forgiven for losing her royal office. God Nyamuhanga sent him to reconcile with those who were seated in the great Drum which became a canoe when it crashed on Lake Mutsyamiria
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The Ende (cow) carried between its horns a large
Risingi (drum). God Nyamuhanga had placed two human beings there: Kisi the Great Sun and Nyabhandu, the mother of men. Each was seated in his royal E'ndeve (chair) and inhaled the scent of O'Bhukwa incense; to see each other in this darkness God
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The term "KYAGHANDA" designates the hut with two and sometimes three entrances, generally located in the middle of the village. It is there that the inhabitants of the village usually meet to solve their vital problems and provide, in all solidarity, solutions deemed appropriate. The
Kyaghanda
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The Yira tradition relates that one day on the hill of creation, the
Creator God O'Muhangitshi answered the prayer of the Nande who were threatened with famine due to a very incendiary drought. He summoned all the heavenly Bhalhimu deities found in the world to protect him. He ordered them to
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To calm their anger, the Spirit of Providence Hangi caused rain to fall on the whole country where the drought was raging. He reconciled all the members of the procession by inviting them to dialogue where everyone was given the floor by the Spirit Mulhekya the Peacemaker, happy to have been
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first word of our Ancestors Nyabhandu and Kisi. The village they founded is called Bhuhikira, the place where they landed; the child born there is called Mukira, the ancestor of the Bakira clan; they had many children, who are the founding Ancestors of all the YIRA
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refreshed by the celestial shower. When it was the turn of the animals to speak, the smallest of the dogs of the last pack of the deity Kapipi addressed this famous word to the Great Seer Muhima: "you have to know how to count on others". This is why the
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Dance in Olhuyira: āamasata, amavina, amahotoleā is a gesture par excellence reflecting the various feelings of man developing both as a rhythm in time and in space. The position and movement of the body in the Yira dance translates prayer.
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The term āISUMBAā designates both secret societies and the clay statuettes used in initiation rites. These closed societies were reserved for men, who had to recognize each figurine and arrange them in a precise order.
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family head, also called clan chief (Omukulhu wolhughanda). The King of the yira is called Omusinga(the leader). Omusinga (The leader), rules his people with no recognized states and his subjects respect him so much.
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The dances can be current, ancestral according to joyful and sad events or picturesque circumstances. The art of dance being sacred or profane, we distinguish between show dance and entertainment dance.
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Nyamuhanga had given Kisi and Nyabhandu an o'bhulhengekania (consciousness) and bio-efflorescent hair that shone like the firefly (e'ngununu). This great Drum was the land of great peace O'bhuthekane.
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This is the reason why all the rites of reconciliation between the clans begin with the gestures of sprinkling the shoulders and ablution of the feet and the hand with water drawn from the
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The myth of the Great Drum begins with the story of the couple and the human family. He says that: āUp there, on the hill of creation, higher than the clouds of
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are close enough to be considered divergent dialects. Nande has a number of dialects of its own: Nande proper, Kumbule, Mate, Tangi, Sanza, Shu, Songola (
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the convoy of immigrants and settled them in the place of his choice. Nevertheless, during the crossing, part of the Nande remained in
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Yira literature is so vast with many authors mostly priests from the Diocese of Butembo-Beni. Here are some proverbs of wisdom:
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to make the Great Seer Muhima understand that he alone was unable to accomplish this heavy task of transporting a mountain.
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Here are some Yira dances according to the circumstances of exhibition and then according to the instruments of execution:
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1431:= what is denied on earth will also be denied in heaven and what is accepted on earth will also be accepted into heaven.
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Oyo wahola omo thuthuthu mweya e'kulimu ivaviri tshinga, ni kwa, n'oyo wahola o'mwigholo mweya e'kulimu ivaviri tsingula
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is still where the gods left it. He has not moved, he continues to make the fresh water of Providence Hangi flow there.
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3rd boy is called: KASEREKA, MASEREKA, KABUYAYA, KAMATE, MATHE = Oyukachirika ekihanda (the one who defends the family),
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Voiceless plosives /p, t, k/ can be freely heard as voiced among speakers, or voiced stops may also occur in loanwords.
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Popular celebration dances: Omunde, Amalembo, Amangudu, Amatakiyo, Ebwaya, Ekila, Endara, Enduku and Erisole.
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of Uganda are a single ethnic group, which they call Yira (Bayira). They trace their origins to the
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or Tsithwa -tsya-Nzururu which means the big hill with eternal snow in the local language Kinande.
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currently operate in several towns and villages around the world where the Yira meet.
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themselves in all areas of national and international life, and particularly:
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was estimated at more than 10,000,000 in 2022 and nearly 1,000,000 in
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Wamavinya oko vyigha avothathakulu wawu athawyako iukendi kw'embathu
1407:= who doesn't listen to adult advice realizes it when it's too late.
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Aerophones: These are air or wind instruments with a bevel or reed.
1379:= the ordinary citizen does not dream of his enthronement as King.
1372:= when the bird flies, it forgets that it will come down to earth.
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river, on the back of the dragon to reach the other bank in the
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7th daughter: KATYA, KALIVANDA = Oyukatsiaba (protocol officer).
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Narrow Bantu languages by Guthrie classification zone templates
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division of Africa between the great European powers in 1885
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A'kanyunyu kamaghuluka kakavirirawa ngoko kaketshira ahisi
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a) The dances according to the circumstances of exhibition
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A child born after two others who died: KYAVIRO, KISUGHU.
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Orumaka (wooden trumpet) whistle for fair weather makers
1413:= the initiates are numerous but the elect are limited.
1400:= the quarrel of the brothers, we don't talk about it.
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Crossing on the Dragon's Back (Omughongo we ndioka)
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1483:Akhalhibo ni k'ekwanza n'erithitya ni lhya kaviri
896:most cultivated among this people. They practice
1467:= let us avoid haste, for fear of being trapped.
1309:. The other deities got angry and let go of the
1473:= when you are weak you do not frighten anyone.
1455:= to correct or advise a man is to respect him.
1342:Akathi kake, kakana lahukira oko mundu kw'amavi
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1356:A'mavwe wosi awo ukatwikalako syalikulangika
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1419:= women are many when you have found yours.
1405:Akavuli katowa kakowa omutwe iniali okoliko
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1153:Erisole-Omunde-Ovusingiri-Omukumo-Omukonga
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1539:, Oxford University Press 1959 ,page 96.
1377:O'mughunda syalyalotha akasinga oko vwami
1007:Children born after Twins: KITSA, KAMALA.
1568:Kinande: A Grammar Sketch (Version 1.0)
1471:Oyuthawithe e'mbunda syalivuya vitshindo
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1477:Ahaka hika ovuno, ho hatehika omughusu
1435:Erisire riri oko ame rikakwima amaseka
1170:Ekipulenge: musical bow (mouth zither)
1010:An illegitimate child: KAHEMU, MUHEMU.
1182:Enanga (arched harp with violin body)
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753:, villages have now become cities:
5152:Languages between parentheses are
3657:Languages between parentheses are
1535:Margaret Arminel Bryan, compiler,
1069:b) Dances according to instruments
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1159:Ebwaya-engwaya-Ekituta-Omukurusu
1111:Erikembe (sanza) or lamellophone
302:whose number of speakers in the
48:Democratic Republic of the Congo
1525:New Updated Guthrie List Online
1449:= the less clever can harm you.
1447:Ovwenghemire vukavugha ovwimene
1417:Abhakali ni bhangi ihane owaghu
1193:Akaghovoghovo (rebec or fiddle)
1156:Amasinduka-Eluma-Ekila-Amalembo
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3661:of the language on their left.
908:, Tayna, Talhya, Luholu, etc.
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1537:The Bantu Languages of Africa
1453:Eriryatsa okomunwe ni sikyawo
1398:Amalw'avaghuma syalivughawako
1384:Thowa vusindi ni muhumangotho
1273:. These are currently called
1233:with all its ramificationsā.
1002:The 2nd of the Twins: NDOVYA.
1549:Valinande, Nzama K. (1984).
1363:Thavwirika mwania o'mwilegha
1142:Orwamo (rainmaker's whistle)
1127:Enyamulera and epuli (Flute)
1097:Eritsetse (Fruit Shell Bell)
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1551:The Structure of Kinande
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1289:The cosmogonic myth of
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