Lusata Festival

Lusata Festival is an annual festival taking place every year in the last week of September and celebrated by all Mafwe tribal people of Namibia - one of the main ethnic groups in the Caprivi Region and nearby countries. The name of the celebration comes from the royal mace, an ivory-encrusted stick. Lusata Festival promotes traditional values, and remembers the past, and is optimistic about the future.

Most people from all villages in Caprivi celebrate this festival by dancing and feasting. It is always held in Chinchimani village, 6 kilometers from Katima Mulilo, where the king lives. The king gives his people advice on how to eliminate crime in their neighborhood, region, and even country. He used to wear tigers and other animal skins as well as customary clothing. George Simasiku Mamili is the Mafwe king, and Mamili is a royal name used by Mafwe rulers. Induna Silalo and the traditional court's Ngambela were always in charge of the festivities.

When: Last weekend of each September every year

Where: 65 kilometers southwest of Katima Mulilo, Namibia