Chitimukulu asks media to promote Bemba culture
The media in the country has been called upon to help promote the rich culture of the Bemba during this year’s Ukusefya Pang’wena ceremony, which falls on the 19th of September, 2009.
Paramount Chief Chitimukulu said the media should assist in the dissemination of cultural related issues to promote unity in the country and promote the cultural heritage of the Bemba speaking people because they are better placed.
He said culture has proved to be a major contributing factor to Zambia’s growing tourism industry and should therefore be adequately covered in the media in order to promote tourism.
The chief told a joint organizing committee members from Mungwi and Kasama districts on Wednesday this week that culture was a unifying factor and can help trigger national development if promoted by media practitioners.
He said journalists should strive to document cultural issues which can significantly contribute the country’s development.
The paramount chief said apart from covering speeches from dignitaries it was rather important for media practitioners to research on the culture of the Bemba.
And the paramount chief expressed disatisfaction at the organization of the previous Ukusefya Pang’wena ceremony.
He said he was particularly concerned with the disorganization which was exhibited by the interpreter and the master of ceremonies failure to conduct their business in an professional manner.
The paramount chief hoped that the organizing committee should seriously look into the issue of the interpreter and the master of ceremonies adequately for this year’s celebration.
The Mwinelubemba said it did not please him to see such disorganization when he had people he entrusted to do the job.
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Different views on this matter that is healthy, the fact is that Zambia is one and let us value every Zambian ,let us come up with one culture to unite all Zambians .ididnt know that some chiefs can be so inteligent i do agree with him on most of the points he has raised keep it mwinelubema
Culture is more than Kuomboka, Mutomboko, Kulamba, Ncwala. It is the whole way of life of a people from the food they eat to how they socialise on a daily basis.
True and wisely said Ba Chiti Mukulu’.We have a duty to both ourselves and to our offspring to preserve and enrichen our cultures whether Bemba or others.
The Bazungu previuosly refferred to the cultural events as primitive and barbaric.
We persevered and are now drawing the same colonialists in droves as Tourists to our ceremonies.
Heads of state from neighbouring countries too are learning from our preserved cultures!
Kozo
Iwe Mwinelubemba, your job is to practice the cultur, let the media report what you are doing. Its not your job to point out their ‘deficiencies’, did you run out of what to say?
Although I’m not Bemba myself, I support the research and promotion of our cultural heritage as Zambia. I fully support what Mwinelubemba has said. I know a lot of Bemba friends who don’t even know much about where they came from culturally. We have a great wealth of traditional ceremonies in this country but what do you see many times? Journalists rushing in to cover speeches and rushing out again. We are not doing ourselves justice. So the Chitimukulu has a very valid point. Zambia must value culture and basically all traditional ceremonies are now part of our cultural heritage as a country and so deserve more attention and documentation. Bravo Mwinelubemba!
I like what Mwinelubemba said, “research on the culture of the Bemba.” when he was calling on media practitionaers. When this is done the country will know who is bemba and who is not. We have alot of people misusing the bemba name for their own inferio cover up. Let the truth be known…