{"id":952,"date":"2025-03-14T10:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T10:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/?p=952"},"modified":"2025-03-14T10:05:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T10:05:23","slug":"kuomboka-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/?p=952","title":{"rendered":"KUOMBOKA CEREMONY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-954\" src=\"http:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3079-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3079-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3079-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3079-768x512.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3114-scaled.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-956\" src=\"http:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3115-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3115-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3115-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3115-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3115-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3115-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-957\" src=\"http:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3794-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3794-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3794-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3794-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3794-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3794-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-958\" src=\"http:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3821-1-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3821-1-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3821-1-797x1024.jpg 797w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3821-1-768x986.jpg 768w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3821-1-1196x1536.jpg 1196w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3821-1-1595x2048.jpg 1595w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3821-1-scaled.jpg 1993w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-959\" src=\"http:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3857-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3857-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3857-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3857-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3857-1536x1040.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AM1Z3857-2048x1386.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-960\" src=\"http:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E66A7451-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E66A7451-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E66A7451-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E66A7451-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E66A7451-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E66A7451-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-961\" src=\"http:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E66A8234-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E66A8234-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E66A8234-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E66A8234-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E66A8234-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E66A8234-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-962\" src=\"http:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E66A8338-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E66A8338-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E66A8338-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E66A8338-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E66A8338-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E66A8338-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>KUOMBOKA CEREMONY<\/p>\n<p>Kuomboka is a word in the Silozi language; it literally means \u2018to get out of water\u2019. It is a traditional ceremony that takes place at the end of the rain season, when the upper Zambezi River floods the Barotse flood plains of the Western Province.<\/p>\n<p>The festival celebrates the movement of the Litunga, King of the Lozi people, from his Flooded capital at Lealui in the Barotse Floodplain of the Zambezi River to his Limulunga Capital on higher ground.<\/p>\n<p>The return trip is usually held in August with a less publicized journey called the Kufuluhela.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUOMBOKA CEREMONY Kuomboka is a word in the Silozi language; it literally means \u2018to get out of water\u2019. It is a traditional ceremony that takes place at the end of the rain season, when the upper Zambezi River floods the Barotse flood plains of the Western Province. The festival celebrates the movement of the Litunga, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brasilia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":964,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952\/revisions\/964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.grz.gov.zm\/brasilia\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}