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Article: A crown on the move: stylistic integration of the Luba-Lunda complex in Lunda-Kazembe performance.
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- African Arts
- Article date:
- September 22, 2006
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Carried on a scarlet and zebra-hide litter above the heads of a throbbing crowd, Mwata Kazembe XIX gloriously stretches out his arms as if to embrace a world that is his own (Fig. 1). As he parts the sea of well-wishers, splashes of red burst into view and the talking drum beats out its decree. Basking in a charged clamor where the senses blur in clouds of dust, Mwata gracefully sways from side to side, jangling the beads and cowries on the back of his akatasa crown. It is on this day that the Lunda-Kazembe Crown moves.
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This magnificent processional display of Lunda-Kazembe (1) royalty takes place annually at the Mutomboko ceremony in ...
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