Peuple - ethnie Holoholo

Les Holoholo sont les descendants des Baguha qui ont été repoussés par l'expansion des Luba au 18 ème siècle Leur art est une combinatoire de l'art Tabwa et Luba.Quelques figures attribuées au "maître des yeux clos" font partie des plus belles pièces d'art Holoholo dans les musées.Leur dieu suprème est Kabedya Mpungu ("remote in the sky"), et les suppliques ne lui sont jamais directement adressées.Local religious practices center around ancestor worship carried out through offerings made to miniature huts, which are said to house the souls of the spirits (muki). Nature spirits that inhabit rocks, water, and mountains are not appeased by the general population, but their services may be called upon by witch doctors.Two secret societies exist for healers and witch doctors, one each for men and women. Secrecy and witchcraft accusations act as powerful social controls. Poison ordeals were employed to determine whether an accused was actually guilty of witchcraft.