Babungo museum
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Babungo, itineraries of collective memory.
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Babungo, itineraries of the collective memory
The Sites of the History, Myth and Legend

1. Forghai: where the Babungo people are believed to originate from
2. Ngineh: the first palace of the Babungo people
3. Ntoh yindoh: the second palace of the Babungo people
4. Shale: the third palace of the Babungo people
5. The fourth and present palace
6. Feshah: where the fon’s water is being fetch when there are no taps
7. Dong: where the first people were seen by the immigrants from Forghai (Nchiafe)
8.
Beh: a fall where masquerades were believed to emerge and fight for the Babungo during wars
9. Ifing: a fall with a secret place where it was believed that if one carries water in a container then no water will be seen in the container
10. Mbelung: where an important god of the people reside
11. Sah:
12. Itchuih: where the body of death princes and princesses were laid
13. Bah’s compound: where the fon’s assistant live, where the first fon mother (Mange) who came from Forghai was buried and also where the oldest and biggest traditional building in the village is found (Nchuhse)
14.
Tihbeng’s compound: where debris of iron smelting can still be found
15. Ndifuangow’s compound:
16. Fuangole’s compound: where the furnace of iron smelting can be found
17. Tabua Fuamuluh’s compound:


2. Ngineh: the first palace of the Babungo people


3. Ntoh yindoh: the second palace of the Babungo people


5. An interior view of the present royal palace


8. Beh: a fall where masquerades were believed to emerge and fight for the Babungo during wars


9. Ifing: a fall with a secret place where it was believed that if one carries water in a container then no water will be seen in the container


13. Bah’s house

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