Fon's dance Bafut
The cultural festival of Bafut, the annual Fon's dance, is a feast for the eyes. This is the culture that is alive in the region of Better World Cameroon's ecovillage work.
Interview with Fon Abumbi II - Bafut Kingdom, Cameroon
Watch the full length interview with Fon Abumbi II from Bafut. He married 8 wives and is father of about 40 kids. He is one of about 300 kids of his father.
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Palace of Bafut by drone - Cameroon Kingdom
In the palace of Bafut, Cameroon lives Fon Abumbi II with his eight queens and about 40 children. We had the pleasure to shoot the palace with a drone.
Filmed with a DJI Phantom 2 and a GoPro Hero 3+ on a nice day in April 2015
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Prince Recognized by a fon of Bamenda at the Cameroonian Ambasssador Residency
Recognition for a job well done
Juju dancing at palace of the Fon of Bafut or Ntoh.
Bafut Beagles by Gerald Durrell was my beloved book in childhood. 60 years after Durrell I was in Bafut with my family, sometimes dreams come true:) Juju dancing is really big part of traditional grassland culture in Bamenda region, and Bafut with 400 years old palace of Fon is a great stage for that. Because Fon of Bafut had 26 wife's, and more that 100 kids, and all the dancers are locals, I'am pretty sure, that this juju dance is really royal:)
THE BEAUTIFUL BAFUT PALACE ~ WORLD HERITAGE MUSEUM - SOUTHERN CAMEROON /AMBAZONIA
THE BEAUTIFUL BAFUT PALACE ~ WORLD HERITAGE MUSEUM - SOUTHERN CAMEROON /AMBAZONIA
Surrounded by a sacred forest in the heart of northwest Cameroon, the Bafut Palace has been the fulcrum of political power for over 400 years. It embodies Bafut cultural identity and remains a center for religious rites and traditional ceremonies. Over 50 houses are clustered around the site’s spiritual core, Achum Shrine, and are used by the Fon (king), his wives, and the royal court. This shrine, built of wood and bamboo and covered with thatch, houses a valued devotional object, typically referred to as a fetish, and is an impressive example of traditional religious architecture.
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THE BAMUNKUMBIT FON'S PALACE PHASE II
Founding father's visit to Mankon Palace, Bamenda
Makon Visit By Founding Father2
Oku North West Cameroon. The Nokang procession at the palace
Nokang Procession at the Palace. Very dramatic
Abumbi II, The king of 100 wives
Abumbi II, The king of 100 wives
Abumbi II, the 11th fon, or king, of Bafut, Cameroon, has close to 100 wives.
Palace
A video from the ceremony and reception at the Achum (Sacred Shrine of ancestors) at the Palace of Bafut, Cameroon. A ceremony that included many of the traditional parts of the Bafut culture, the dances, the songs and all the magnificent outfits and symbolic accessories that is typical for the Bafut people.
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Bafut Palace, Cameroon
This is one of the many 'Fondoms' or kingdoms that are custodians of culture and traditional governance in the North West Region of Cameroon
Nfu of Mantum
Nfu of Mantum, Jakiri in the North West Province of Cameroon, West Africa sings outside the Fon's palace.
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Nkwen people march to Fon Palace, demanding him to cut ties with Yaounde
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