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The Ngendelengo are a minority ethnic group (3,000 members) who live in isolated mountainous areas of the Serra da Chela, in the southwest of Angola<\/strong><\/a>. They are semi-nomadic subsistence herders, hunters and farmers.<\/p>\n

Ecosystem and social organization of the Ngendelengo of Angola<\/h3>\n

Living in a forested environment has allowed them to develop a rudimentary charcoal business. The Ngendelengo live under a clan-based tribal structure<\/strong>, led by the oldest male.<\/p>\n

Art<\/h3>\n

The machetes are an essential part of their clothing, which is complemented with large crests<\/strong> as a hairstyle on unmarried young people and top knot<\/strong> multiple in women. Their traditional culture<\/strong> includes two-storey barns and bull worship rituals.<\/p>\n

Ngendelengo people are good wood craftsmen<\/strong>. Men make ritual dolls out of logs and women decorate them with fur, leather ribbons, and colored beads. Small ceremonial wooden totems are a characteristic element of Ngendelengo art as well as clay pipes.<\/p>\n

Do you want to meet the Ngendelengo of Angola?<\/h2>\n
Discover the culture of the Ngendelengo people on our upcoming trips to Angola<\/a>. Click here to see our scheduled trips to Angola.<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n

Architecture<\/h3>\n

The art of woodworking has its greatest example in architecture. These are houses on tree trunks embed into the ground with a room at the bottom for older generations and pregnant women, and a chamber-warehouse at the top for the younger ones.<\/p>\n

Aesthetics of the Ngendelengo of Angola<\/h3>\n

The Ngendelengo people of Angola typically wear little clothing, and carry machetes or spears. Women wear a string around their breast, which is used as a bra. They smoke tobacco in wooden pipes.<\/p>\n

What is unique in Ngendelengo culture is the way in which women decorate their hair with \u201cgeisha style\u201d top knots<\/strong>. This practice is most common in younger women with small children.<\/p>\n

Religion<\/h3>\n

The Ngendelengo of Angola have been not much affected by the Portuguese colonization and missionary activity, therefore, they still practice their African religion related to bull worship.<\/p>\n

Challenges of the Ngendelengo of Angola<\/h3>\n

Deforestation due to the charcoal business could represent a long-term problem. The Ngendelengo of Angola depend on the forest and its resources to survive. Another challenge is the arrival of farmers to their lands, in search of a better future. This migration could trigger conflicts. In addition, being a minority there is a risk of inbreeding in the area.<\/p>\n

Do you want to know more about the tribes of Angola?<\/h4>\n

You have the “Last tribes of Angola<\/a><\/strong>“, fruit of the joint work of the anthropologist Joan Riera<\/a><\/strong> and the ethno-photograph An\u00edbal Bueno<\/a><\/strong>. Written in both English and Spanish (bilingual edition), and enriched with a wealth of photographs, illustrations, and maps, the book is a unique visual guide to the most remote tribes of southwestern Angola. Click here if you are interested in buying it.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

You can learn more about the Ngendelengo<\/a><\/strong> of Angola at www.101lasttribes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9 Photographs by An\u00edbal Bueno<\/a> taken during a trip to Angola.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10474,"template":"","etiquetas_viajar_conocimiento":[],"categorias_viajar_conocimiento":[306,204],"autores_viajar_conocimiento":[199],"class_list":["post-10479","viajar_conocimiento","type-viajar_conocimiento","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorias_viajar_conocimiento-africa-en","categorias_viajar_conocimiento-travel-to-angola","autores_viajar_conocimiento-joan-riera-travel-guide"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\u25b7 The Ngendelengo of Angola, the Forest tribe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Ngendelengo of Angola, the Forest tribe: machetes, crests, bows, two-storey barns and bull worship rituals.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lastplaces.wwwarcelona.net\/en\/travel-is-knowledge\/ngendelengo-angola\/\" 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