Communal Ceremonies

As one Elder stated: "The issue of communal ceremonies came about because of the conflict and the magnitude of the problem associated with it….The people have lost their shrines (kac) and in Acholi these shrines are supposed to be in the original homestead or clan. The traditional rituals need money [but] our people cannot afford them. So we felt these communal ceremonies would help those who cannot organize it on their own."

  1. View Lukung
  2. View Getting Ready to 'Step on the Egg'
  3. View The first step
  4. View Stepping on the Egg, Lukung
  5. View Stepping on the Egg in Lukung
  6. View Watching from a distance
  7. View Some children and youth fear the Stepping of the E
  8. View Elders need to counsell the youth to better prepar
  9. View Formerly Abducted Testify and Perform, Lukung
  10. View Sudan can be seen in the distance from Lukung camp
  11. View Over 30 commanders were given a communal ceremony
  12. View Former commanders receive 'resettlement' packages
  13. View Former LRA Commander and Mediator Kolo gives a lon
  14. View Former LRA commander Onen Kamdulu and his son look
  15. View Abducted when he was 10, Kamdulu rose through the
  16. View Former LRA commander Sam Kolo and UPDF commander C
  17. View A community member peeks through the crowd to see
  18. View Welcoming the formerly abducted home in Anaka, but
  19. View The formerly abducted are greeted by Elders and me
  20. View Being welcomed home, Anaka
  21. View Children excited by the event
  22. View A handshake, Anaka
  23. View Listening
  24. View Lira-Palwo
  25. View Lira Palwo Camp
  26. View Dancers Perform, Lira Palwo
  27. View Women dance in Lira Palwo
  28. View Dancers, Lira-Palwo
  29. View In Lira Palwo, dozens of musical groups perform at
  30. View Children 'born in captivity' face ambiguous citize
  31. View step
  32. View Formerly abducted youth listen to speeches in Layi
  33. View His Highness Paramount Chief David Onen Acana II
  34. View Layibe, the formerly abducted look on
  35. View Mothers and children listen to parents association
  36. View Royal dancers, Layibe
  37. View Performing at the Layibe Ceremony
  38. View The Bola Dancers, Layibi
  39. View Young Royal Dancers, Layibe
  40. View Seeking shade from the hot sun
  41. View The community witnesses at Layibe
  42. View The community comes to participate in Amuru
  43. View A bola dancer waits to perform
  44. View Waiting to Perform at Amuru
  45. View A dancer
  46. View A large crowd gathers to witness, Anaka
  47. View Amuru
  48. View Amuru listens to a local musical group
  49. View Amuru musicians get ready to perform for a large c

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