Kulamba

The Kulamba Traditional Ceremony is an annual event held in Zambia.. Each year, near the end of August, Mkaika hosts the ceremony.

Subordinate Chewa chiefs from neighboring Malawi and Mozambique pay tribute to the paramount chief Kalonga Gawa Undi at his capital in Mkaika, which is located in the Katete region of Eastern province, during the Chewa people's Kulamba ritual. There is dancing by freshly initiated Gule Wamkule, a masked society of dancers, after the chiefs have presented their state reports on their various chiefdoms.

An annual initiation ceremony for young girls who have reached puberty is also held as part of the Kulamba rite. The 'anamwali,' or young females, have been imprisoned and have been taught the skills and obligations of womanhood.

Date: the last Saturday of August