(Additional, smaller Nkutu subtribes/dialects in the area include the Ngongo, the Hamba and the Saka.
One form, called babande, is practiced in many Ngeende, Ngongo, Mbeengi, Bokila, Shoowa and Bushoong villages in the central and northern Kuba region.
Ngongo |
It is said Ihenga met the Patu-paiarehe on Mount Ngongotaha and was offered a drink from a calabash (ngongo = to drink, tahā = calabash.