//Minkeng mi mbón// : danse rituelle chez les Manguisa dans la région du centre-Cameroun.

Abstract

In our Master 2 memory in CCI, cultural anthropology option, it is a question of presenting the //Minkeng mí mbón//: ritual dance with manguisa in the center of the Center-Cameroon. The problem that proposes to elucidate is as follows: life in Country manguisa is punctuated by the practice of tradition and respect for cultures. It is therefore apparent that ritual dances are of great importance in the lives of people. To restore family harmony, clan or social and absolve the social disorder, the manguisa community has instituted some rites to resolve the evils that undermine the living, the rites of purifications, the rites of divination, the rites of confession, the celebration rites of the bravery of young soldiers. From this problem stems the following questioning: what is the cultural significance of Minkeng Mí mbón at manguisa? How is the ritual dance Minkeng Mí mbón at the manguisa? What are the cultural functions of this ritual dance in the mangrobe community? The answer to these research questions has been subject to a dual methodological process namely: documentary research and field research. The first search has allowed us to amass 88 references and the second was marked by a field survey that took place in three (03) villages in the mangutary community. This procedure has allowed us to achieve the following results: the young boys are no longer interested in this ritual dance and therefore, this dance which is a very important cultural heritage for the mangrobound people may disappear. Then the Society mango is currently undergoing change in lifestyle by abandoning the management of its patrimonial dance for the benefit of the colonialists who do not agree with his tradition. The Minkeng Mí mbón is a true intangible heritage of manguts and can be a tool of mobilization, but also and especially an actor of the emergence of Cameroon. This ritual dance can solve the problems that undermine the manguna community and finally the Minkeng Mí mbón is a ritual dance performed only by young boys, but there is always an old who is master initiator.