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- Okuyi abstract "The Okuyi (plural: Mekuyo, also known as Ukuyi, Ocuya, Mokoi, Mukudj, Ikwara, Okukwe and Mbwanda, in Equatorial Guinea (Spanish): Mamarracho) is a rite of passage practised by several Bantu ethnic groups in different countries mainly across the west coast of Central Africa. Some of the countries where the rite is exercised include Cameroon in West Africa, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Traditionally, the rite is performed at numerous special occasions including funerals and weddings. Usually when an infant reaches four months of age or when a child becomes an adolescent, an Okuyi ritual is applied as well. Today, the Mekuyo rite is exercised by a range of ethic peoples within the Bantu cluster. The coastal community known as Ndowe, also known as playeros, is a primary example, as peoples across Equatorial Guinea frequently perform the ritual in public. Gabon has two chief ethnic groups that exercise the Okuyi rite including the Mpongwe and Galwa from Lambaréné, Gabon. The man in the custome is usually the leader of the group.The history of the Mekuyo can be traced back to Gabon. The dance is believed to have originated from the rites of passages initiated by Western and Southern ethnic groups like the Mpongwe and from the Galwa region. It was in the mid nineteenth century when the Benga people, who are both native to Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, introduced the ethnic performance to the island of Corisco and Cabo San Juan. At the end of the century, the coastal group of the Kombe people had extended the routine to Mbini. By the beginning of the twentieth century, several clans in Bata such as the Punta Mbonda had embraced the Mekuyo tradition. Throughout the Mekuyo’s history there have been several famous Ukuyi performers. Some of the most famous are from Equatorial Guinea such as Alonga from Corisco and Boso bua Ndondjo from Mbini. Well known Okuyi dancers from the Litoral Province include Kungulu, Ngadi, Aduma and Ngüende a limba from Ekuku.".
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- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Adolescence.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Adolescent.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Alstonia.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Bamboo.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Banana.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Bantu_peoples.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Bata,_Equatorial_Guinea.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Benga_language.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Benga_people.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Black_Panther.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Black_panther.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Cameroon.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Category:African_traditional_religions.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Category:Religion_in_Africa.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Central_Africa.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Child.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Corisco.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Cosmogony.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Cosmos.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Cotton.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Demographics_of_Equatorial_Guinea.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Equatorial_Guinea.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Ethnic_groups_in_Africa.
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- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Evergreen.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Evergreen_tree.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Fetishism.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Funeral.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Funerals.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Gabon.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Hessian_(cloth).
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Hessian_fabric.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Infant.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Kombe_language.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Kombe_people.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Lambaréné.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Litoral_Province_(Equatorial_Guinea).
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Mbini.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Mpongwe.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Mpongwe_people.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Myene_language.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Ndowe.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Ndowe_language.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Ngoma_drums.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Polyrhythm.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Polyrhythmic.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Raffia_palm.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Rite_of_passage.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Semen.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Servaline_Genet.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Servaline_genet.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Wedding.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Weddings.
- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLink Category:West_Central_Africa.
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- Okuyi wikiPageWikiLinkText "Okuyi".
- Okuyi group "Okuyi".
- Okuyi hasPhotoCollection Okuyi.
- Okuyi imageCaption "Ukuyi performer in Bata, Equatorial Guinea".
- Okuyi languages Benga_language.
- Okuyi languages Kombe_language.
- Okuyi languages Myene_language.
- Okuyi languages Ndowe_language.
- Okuyi region Cameroon.
- Okuyi region Equatorial_Guinea.
- Okuyi region Gabon.
- Okuyi regions Cameroon.
- Okuyi regions Equatorial_Guinea.
- Okuyi regions Gabon.
- Okuyi religions Fetishism.
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- Okuyi wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Okuyi subject Category:African_traditional_religions.
- Okuyi subject Category:Religion_in_Africa.
- Okuyi subject Category:West_Central_Africa.
- Okuyi hypernym Rite.
- Okuyi type Holiday.
- Okuyi type Religion.
- Okuyi type Science.
- Okuyi comment "The Okuyi (plural: Mekuyo, also known as Ukuyi, Ocuya, Mokoi, Mukudj, Ikwara, Okukwe and Mbwanda, in Equatorial Guinea (Spanish): Mamarracho) is a rite of passage practised by several Bantu ethnic groups in different countries mainly across the west coast of Central Africa. Some of the countries where the rite is exercised include Cameroon in West Africa, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Traditionally, the rite is performed at numerous special occasions including funerals and weddings.".
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- Okuyi depiction Okuyi_6.jpg.
- Okuyi isPrimaryTopicOf Okuyi.