LUVALES and Lunda speaking people of Zambezi District in North-Western Province no longer fight each other, they ceased fire a long time ago.
Gone are the days when the two peoples, whose dialects are almost the same fought over land, space, supremacy, recognition and respect.
Thanks to traditional ceremonies they used as platforms to unite the two tribes who may be considered as one and the same.
At this year’s Lunda-Lubanza ceremony of the Lunda people held in Zambezi last week, the two peoples were joined by other visitors as they embraced and joked.
Lunda Lubanza Cultural Association chairperson, Brigadier General Kenneth Kankinza, stated that the two chiefs enjoyed cordial relationship.
He stated that the two chiefs were actually brothers who have been living as one family and are enjoying a good relationship despite being in separate chiefdoms.
Historians remember how the two chiefs themselves, Ndungu of the Luvale people and Ishindi of Lunda people took the lead in denouncing each other publicly, a move which fueled anarchy among their subjects.
History is what the aforesaid has become, history to teach the younger generation to co-exist, history from which shed blood now confirms their Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). It is history!
Traditional ceremonies in Zambia now bring about businesses, tourism, social interaction, entertainment and education.
At least, those attending any traditional ceremony would find all types of businesses booming, tourists jostle for accommodation, friends and enemies meet, there are all sorts of entertainments and sensitisations.
It is because of such development Government has thrown its full support in such ceremonies preserving them as reservoirs of national traditions and cultures.
There is neither opposition nor ruling political party during such ceremonies, a scenario which promotes oneness though in diversity.
Let there be continued renewal of brotherly and sisterly love, tolerance before, during and after such ceremonies.