Customs and habits in Congo (Brazzaville)

Republic of Congo (French: République du Congo), referred to as Congo (Brazzaville), is located in central and western Africa, with the Equator traversing the middle. It is adjacent to Congo (DRC) and Angola in the east and south, Central Africa and Cameroon in the north, Gabon in the west, and the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest. It has a coastline of more than 150 kilometers and a total area of 342,000 square kilometers. In the late 13th and early 14th centuries, the Bantu established the Kingdom of Congo in the lower reaches of the Congo River. On October 3, 1880, it was occupied and colonized by the French. On August 15, 1960, Congo (Brazzaville) officially became independent.

Brazzaville is the capital and national political and cultural center of the Republic of the Congo. It is located on the north bank of the lower reaches of the Congo River (Zaire River) and faces Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, across the river. It is evergreen all year round, with mangoes, coconuts, and traveler bananas in rows, and green shades. It is a beautiful tropical city and is known as the Garden City.

Congo (Brazzaville) is a country fully saturated with French culture. Not only are the official languages and scripts French, but even the local people's own names are like the French, called Jean, Jacques, etc. Many social customs also follow the French style, such as greetings, shaking hands, and kissing gifts. Men mostly wear suits and ties when going out. Even so, the Congolese (Brazzaville) people still retain some traditional customs, which are mainly manifested in:

living customs, Congolese (Brazzaville) rural residents live in villages, and the choice of village sites mainly considers water sources and convenient transportation. Therefore, after the construction of the Brazzavil-Oyo National Highway 2, many villages appeared along the route. In addition to highways, villages are mainly concentrated in places with favorable geographical locations such as rivers.

Most of the poor in rural areas live in huts built of natural materials such as branches, mud, and palm leaves. In the family, men have a higher status than women, so husbands sleep in a higher position than wives to show men's dignity.

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customs Fathers have the responsibility to raise their children, but family property is passed on to their paternal uncle, not to their sons, let alone their daughters. Most tribes in the south are centered on the matriarchal family. The children born from marriage belong to the mother's large family. The father does not have much obligation to raise the children. When they reach a few years old, they are handed over to the child's uncle's family to raise them, and become the closest descendants of the mother's uncle's family, where they established a family and inherited their inheritance or the position of patriarch or chief.

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Eating customs The Republic of Congo has a hot climate all year round, and the tropical crops given by nature are very rich. Papaya, mangoes, bananas, pineapples, etc. are cheap and inexpensive, which has formed a unique eating customs. With cassava as the main food crop and food, cassava leaves can also be made into a delicious local "saka saka". Influenced by French food culture, urban residents began to eat bread and preferred it.

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Aesthetic customs Scar decoration is popular in some areas of the Republic of Congo, which artificially causes sarcomas to grow on the face, which is a beauty.

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Marriage customs Most tribes in the northern Republic of the Congo are patrilineal as the center. Men and women in the same large family cannot marry. The children born after marriage belong to the father and the large family they belong to. Polygamy is also popular in rural areas of the Republic of the Congo, where women are the main labor force and a symbol of wealth. This traditional marriage is being replaced by modern monogamy.

网站图片位Funeral customs People in the Republic of Congo receive two grand treatment in their lives, one is a wedding and the other is a funeral. In the Republic of the Congo, people attach great importance to funerals. The scene is solemn and solemn. During the movement of the hearse, any other vehicle must get out of the way, including the national motorcade.