By NOEL IYOMBWA
TRADITIONAL ceremonies are a uniting factor among the country’s more than 72 tribes and should therefore be promoted and respected, Garry Nkombo has said.
Mr Nkombo, the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development says the importance of traditional ceremonies should never be over emphasised because of the role they played in uniting and developing the country.
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Speaking during the Kazanga traditional ceremony of the Nkoya people of Western, Southern and Central provinces Mr Nkombo said traditional ceremonies were serving the purpose of bringing people from diverse traditional and cultural backgrounds together.
He said that traditional ceremonies were a uniting factor and preserved Zambia’s cultural heritage.
The minister said that one of the main attraction about the kazanga traditionally is the instrument called xylophone of the Nkoya people.
He emphasised that the Nkoya traditional must remain alive forever adding that in a normal and ideal societies a Royal Highness are not made but there are born.
Mr Nkombo thanked the Nkoya Royal Establishment for appreciating the policies that the government has implemented like Free Education, restoring Rule of Law, Increment of C.D.F from 1.6 million kwacha per constituency to K28.3 million.
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