March

The Ku-omboka Ceremony, Zambia
Colourful and vibrant the Ku-omboka ceremony takes place annually on the Barotse floodplains of Zambia at the end of March or early April.  Ku-omboka means "to get out of the water onto dry ground". Every year towards the end of the rainy season as the floodplains of the upper Zambezi valley rises, the Lozi King makes a ceremonial move to higher ground. The drums reverberate as a signal to his people who pack their belongings into mekoro’s and canoes and the whole tribe leaves their “dry season” home en mass.