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The two bags are from Nwa subdivision in the Donga Mantung. This area was widely referred as 'Kaka' in Cameroon Grassfields studies. It is known in Yamba the Kaka language as 'deh'. In Lamnso' it is known as 'deh Kaka'. The bags are mainly used by women for carrying farm produce such as beans, maize, groundnuts, potatoes and cocoyam etc. In the Kaka and Wimbum areas family members and friends of the bride's family use these bags to carry food items and gifts such as utensils in escorting a daughter to her marriage home. At times there can be up to thirty persons each carrying a bag. The grandparents of the bride also send their own bags. At the bridegroom's compound there is a lot of jubilation and feasting as the bride arrives with her escorts. When the bride's family and friends are about to leave the bridegroom's compound, the bridegroom's family in return puts into each of the bags a coin or coins as a sign of goodwill to their in-laws and guests. Apart from the coins, special chicken and goat pieces, palm oil, salt and other delicacies are put in the bags of the bride's grandparents who stayed back home. |
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