Kabye Young Men and Women Travel to Ceremony of Evala in Togo
Kabye Young Men and Women Travel to Ceremony of Evala in Togo
Kara, Togo West Africa
Monday, July 9, 2007
Andy of HoboTraveler.com
Many young men and women of the Kabye Ethnic group are presently traveling to the Kara area of Togo. They will come from Togo, Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, etc to attend the Ceremony of Evala and shortly afterwards the Ceremony of Akpema. This is a week long festival and started I believe on July 7, 2007 and will run through Saturday July 14th.
The Young Kabye men dancing while waiting to wrestle in the Ceremony of Evala.
Sunday, I took about 80 Megs of video of the Ceremony of Evala in a villages close to Kara, Togo. Now, I have some excellent vides clips, and I need to find a way to upload from 2 meg to 20 meg files to the internet without them breaking here in Togo, I will go to Lome, the capital soon and try so I can show the films.
This Wrestling and huge party will last through next Saturday, however anyone going should double-check this information.
This is not a simple story, and is not just one story, I am in the process of trying to mesh this in my mind, and afterwards I hope to explain in detail. Here below is an explanation in French of four related ceremonies as written by a Kabye girl in French on an English keyboard.
This is going to take a lot of work to translate, then probably re-translate to English as the Kabye girl continues to explain and to clarify, however not push whereby my Kabye friend would say words she does know.
Chez Moi - Brune
Ceremonie de evala
Chaque annee dans la region la la kara se deroulent les ceremonie de evala .cette ceremonie permet au jeune garcon de d’emboiter les pas des adultes c’est a dire il est libre d'engager une femme dans son foyer.quelque jours avent la lutte sur le terrain .le chien est l’animal special pour les ceremonie.la famille du garcon lui paie un gros chien pour les ceremonie.apres les ceremonie a la maison avec les encetre, le jour de la lutte arrive et toute la famille du garcon on espoir que leur garcon va terrasser son adersaire dans le cas contraire la honte revient a famille.cette ceremonie se deroule par des danses tradditionelle.
Ceremonie de akpema dans la
Region de la kara cette ceremonie permet a la fille de se marier c’est a dire elle est mature elle est adulte ,cela ouvre la porte au mariage. En effet ce jour elle sorte toute nu elle laisse les fesses et les poils et tout le monde regarde.les fille qui ont des poils se glorifie et leur famille sont content.la raison meme de la ceremonie est qu’on veut savoir si cette fille qui assiste a la ceremonie a bien garder sa virginiter c’est a dire vierge.il y a un lieu ou tout le monde ne va pas et c’est a ce lieu qu’on vera si reelement la fille est vierge.cela se emarque par une force diabolique;c’est a dire sur le coup tu aura uneperte de sang qui coulera de ton vagin et va tacher le caillou sur lequel on at fait assoir.de la toute at famille aura un grand honte.c’est une grande insulte.de nos jour depui quelque annee les encetre des village on fermer cette partie du ceremonie parceque les fille consistent vite les garcon.les ceremonie continue chaque annee mais on arrive plus a ce lieu sacre.
Ceremonie de condona
Cette ceremonie se deroule dans la region de la kara chaque 5ans apres.c’est une etape de sagesse.apres avoir fait cette ceremonie cela te ouvre la porte a decider dans un conseil tu peut faire la compagnie des vieux.
Danse Habie
La danse habie c’est une danse de sorcelerie si tu n’est pas sorcier tu ou clervoyant tu ne peux pas participer a cette danse.ce jour dans la sorcerer un individual est capable de prandre la bouche d’un chien d’un porc d’un chat pour aller manger les greunouils pouri ;les serpents. apres la danse il ramenne la bouche du chien et il reprend sa pouche.le meme jour la femme sterile est capable de metre au monde et dans l’immediat avale cet enfant.
Kabye Young Men and Women Travel to Ceremony of Evala in Togo
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A Google French to English Machine translation of Evala (humorous):
At home - Brown Ceremony of evala Each year in the area will kara it proceed the ceremony of evala .cette ceremony allows to the young boy of emboiter the steps of the adults i.e. it is free to engage a woman in her foyer.quelque days Advent the fight on the ground .le dog is the special animal for the ceremonie.la family of the boy pays him a large dog for the ceremonie.apres the ceremony at the house with the encetre, the day of the fight arrives and all the family of the boy one hope which them boy will embank his adersaire in the contrary case shame returns has famille.cette ceremony proceeds by dances tradditionelle. Ceremony of akpema in Area of will kara this ceremony makes it possible the girl to marry i.e. it is mature it is adult, that opens the door with the marriage. Indeed this day it left very naked it leaves the buttocks and the hairs and everyone regarde.les girl which has hairs glorifie and their family are content.la same reason of the ceremony is that one wants to know if this girl which attends the ceremony has to keep well her virginiter i.e. vierge.il takes place there or everyone does not go and it is takes place this which one will vera so reelement the girl is vierge.cela emarque by a diabolic force; i.e. on the blow you uneperte blood will have which will run of your vagina and will stain stone on which one At made assoir. of any At family will have large a honte.c' is large a insulte.de our day depui some year the encetre of the village one to close this part of the ceremony because the girl consist quickly the garcon.les ceremony continues each year but one arrives more takes place this crowns. Ceremony of condona This ceremony proceeds in the area of will kara each 5ans apres.c' is a stage sagesse.apres to have made this ceremony that opens the door to you has to decide in a council you can make the company of the old men. Dance Habie The dance habie it is a dance of sorcelery if you is not wizard you or clervoyant you cannot take part has this danse.ce day in the sorcerer a individual is capable of prandre the mouth of a dog of a pig of a cat should eat the greunouils pouri; snakes. after the dance it ramenne the mouth of the dog and it takes again its pouche.le same day the sterile woman is capable of meter in the world and in the immediate future swallows this child.
Andy,
Via Google translate (French to English), not perfect but something;
At home - Brown
Ceremony of evala
Each year in the area will kara it proceed the ceremony of evala .cette ceremony allows to the young boy of emboiter the steps of the adults i.e. it is free to engage a woman in her foyer.quelque days Advent the fight on the ground .le dog is the special animal for the ceremonie.la family of the boy pays him a large dog for the ceremonie.apres the ceremony at the house with the encetre, the day of the fight arrives and all the family of the boy one hope which them boy will embank his adersaire in the contrary case shame returns has famille.cette ceremony proceeds by dances tradditionelle.
Ceremony of akpema
in Area of will kara this ceremony makes it possible the girl to marry i.e. it is mature it is adult, that opens the door with the marriage. Indeed this day it left very naked it leaves the buttocks and the hairs and everyone regarde.les girl which has hairs glorifie and their family are content.la same reason of the ceremony is that one wants to know if this girl which attends the ceremony has to keep well her virginiter i.e. vierge.il takes place there or everyone does not go and it is takes place this which one will vera so reelement the girl is vierge.cela emarque by a diabolic force; i.e. on the blow you uneperte blood will have which will run of your vagina and will stain stone on which one At made assoir. of any At family will have large a honte.c' is large a insulte.de our day depui some year the encetre of the village one to close this part of the ceremony because the girl consist quickly the garcon.les ceremony continues each year but one arrives more takes place this crowns.
Ceremony of condona
This ceremony proceeds in the area of will kara each 5ans apres.c' is a stage sagesse.apres to have made this ceremony that opens the door to you has to decide in a council you can make the company of the old men.
Dance Habie
The dance habie it is a dance of sorcelery if you is not wizard you or clervoyant you cannot take part has this danse.ce day in the sorcerer a individual is capable of prandre the mouth of a dog of a pig of a cat should eat the greunouils pouri; snakes. after the dance it ramenne the mouth of the dog and it takes again its pouche.le same day the sterile woman is capable of meter in the world and in the immediate future swallows this child.
Eric
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