Hungaan

The Hungaan (also Hungana, Huana, Wana, Hungani, Whana, Bahinana, Wengana, Bahoni, Bawangana, Bauangana, Bawana ) are an ethnic group from the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo .

The Hungaan are matrilineally organized, each clan is led by the oldest male descendant. This boss also preserves the ancestry symbols. The Hungaan villages used to have over a thousand inhabitants; they were divided into clans. These villages have broken up into smaller ones and are scattered among their other ethnic groups.

The Hungaan have a deeply rooted ancestor cult and make ancestral statues, which they keep in special shrines. In addition, small figurines made of bone and ivory are known of them, which are used for healing ceremonies.

They speak Hungaan or Huan, a Bantu language .

Web link

Commons : Hungana people - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Marc Leopold Felix : 100 peoples of Zaire and their sculpture , Verlag Zaire Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987, p. 42
↑ Erwin Melchardt, Dorotheum : Auction: A rare ancestor figure, with feathers , March 24, 2014
^ Library of Congress Subject Headings , 34th Edition, Vol. III GL , Verlag Library of Congress , 2012, p. 267 [1]

[1] Marc Leopold Felix : 100 peoples of Zaire and their sculpture , Verlag Zaire Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987, p. 42

[2] Erwin Melchardt, Dorotheum : Auction: A rare ancestor figure, with feathers , March 24, 2014

[3] Library of Congress Subject Headings , 34th Edition, Vol. III GL , Verlag Library of Congress , 2012, p. 267 [1]