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The traditional Names given to
Yandang people are based on the circumstances surrounding the birth of the child. When a child is born during an unproductive year, he/she is named Bonzinbaba which means "no more guinea corn". When a child is born when good thing happened, he/she is named Tansiye
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Yandang people's culture, just like other African cultures, parental consent is the most important thing. When a man shows interest in a lady, he gives her a "Mou" a traditional and invaluable iron use for making hoes and weapons. If the parents accepts the Mou, then they have consented to the
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After the consent of the lady's parent, the fiancé is expected to bring his family to see the lady's parent and to also discuss the issue "hinlengki"and "wah-konag" which are the bride price and the building of a hut for the mother in law or the payment of equivalent price. There are other
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This is a yearly festival that is done at the mountain of their ancestors to pray for a fruitful season. It is usually done at the beginning of raining season which mostly falls in May.
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things required for the marriage like yams, beer, guinea corn, hoes, “kansuki (a rod held by women when dancing), a fully grown ram and two he-goats.
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