This is particularly true among the neighbouring Wovea, many of whom speak Duala in lieu of their native tongue, and the Isubu, many of whom are bilingual in Duala.

The language had 600 speakers in 1977, although many Wovea speak Duala in lieu of their native tongue.

The Wovea are one of the ethnic groups that comprise the Sawa, or Cameroonian coastal peoples.

The Wovea are an ethnic group from the Republic of Cameroon.

The Wovea are Bantu in language and origin.

These include the Ewodi, the Bodiman, the Pongo, the Bakole, the Bakweri ( or Kwe ), the Bamboko, the Isubu ( Isuwu or Bimbians ), the Limba ( or Malimba ), the Mungo, and the Wovea.

They occupy the coast directly east of the Wovea, with their main settlement at Bimbia.

Wovea oral history names a man from the island of Bioko as their forebear.

The Wovea likely lived along Ambas Bay in the 17th or 18th century, and they could have participated in the same migration from Mboko that brought the Bakweri and Isubu to their current territories.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Wovea came under the dominance of the Isubu.

When the Spanish ousted Protestant missionaries from their base at Fernando Po ( modern Bioko ) in 1858, the Isubu king, William I of Bimbia, sold part of Wovea territory to British missionary Alfred Saker.

The area became Victoria ( today known as Limbe ), and the Wovea living there were forced to move to Mondole Island.

In 1905, under German colonial rule, the Wovea were relocated once again to their present home west of the Wouri estuary when Mondole Island became a leper colony.

After Germany's defeat in World War I, Wovea territory fell under a British League of Nations mandate.

The Wovea live south of Mount Cameroon and on the Gulf of Guinea, in the Fako division of the Southwest Province.

Bobea is the Wovea language.

In addition, most Wovea speak Cameroonian Pidgin English or standard English.

The Wovea have been mostly Christianized since the 1970s.

The Ngondo is a traditional festival of the Duala, although today all of Cameroon's coastal Sawa peoples are invited to participate.

The Isubu participate in the annual Ngondo, a traditional festival of the Duala, although today all of Cameroon's coastal peoples are invited.

While traditional teaching maintains that any bishop with apostolic succession can validly perform the ordination of another bishop, some churches require two or three bishops participate, either to ensure sacramental validity or to conform with church law.

Alternative tickets are available for entrance into the Princes Street Gardens concert and Céilidh, where well-known artists perform and ticket holders are invited to participate in traditional Scottish céilidh dancing.

Shriners often participate in local parades, sometimes as rather elaborate units: miniature vehicles in themes ( all sports cars ; all miniature 18-wheeler trucks ; all fire engines, and so on ), an " Oriental Band " dressed in cartoonish versions of Middle Eastern dress ; pipe bands, drummers, motorcycle units, Drum and Bugle Corps, and even traditional brass bands.

During the World War II period in Japan, the more traditional tekiya / bakuto form of organization declined as the entire population was mobilised to participate in the war effort and society came under strict military government.

Their ability to influence and participate in the external policies that may exercise jurisdiction over their traditional lands and practices is very frequently limited.

Between the modern urban and traditional rural sectors of the society was a steadily increasing group of Africans who were loosening their ties with the village and starting to participate in the money economy, to settle in suburbs, and to adopt new customs.

While Bennett and Miller were already pursuing traditional careers, Cook had an agent due to his having written a West End revue for Kenneth Williams ; as a result, Cook's agent negotiated a higher weekly fee for him to participate, although by the time the agent's fee was deducted, Cook actually earned less than the others from the initial run.

The largest group, the Indo-Guyanese, consisted primarily of rural rice producers or merchants ; they had retained the country's traditional culture and did not participate in national politics.

Consequently, he is not very happy when the rest of the men insist that she participate in the traditional Hundredth Night theatrical performance.

The 11th Duke and Duchess did not opt for the " theme park " approach to modernising a country estate, but they did throw off the traditional aristocratic reluctance to participate in commerce.

In order to evade Hammock, Georges drives Emmy to a small village, where they participate in romantic traditional rituals for newlyweds.

The Pueblo celebrates the annual Feast of St. Philip on May 1, when hundreds of pueblo people participate in traditional corn dances.

The Pueblo celebrates an annual feast day on August 4 to honor their patron saint, St. Dominic, where more than 2, 000 pueblo people participate in traditional corn dances.

This 1999 Act took down barriers to competition between traditional banks, investment banks, and insurance companies, in some cases allowing firms to participate in all three markets thus making distinctions between these categories less clear.

They hold nightly traditional dance shows for the tourists where they offer to dress them up in their traditional clothes and participate.

Aside from these more traditional sports there is also the opportunity to participate in karate, equestrianism, skiing,. 22 rifle shooting and clay pigeon shooting, athletics, golf and many others.

Therefore, it is hypothesized that music therapy helps stroke victims recover faster and with more success by increasing the patient's positive emotions and motivation, allowing them to be more successful and driven to participate in traditional therapies.

It has similarities to the traditional Chair or secretary roles in a meeting but goes beyond them to actively participate and guide the group towards consensus.

Started in 1957, the event brings together thousands of people to participate in traditional games, watch the dog-sled and snowmobile races and dance ( jig ) the night away in town.

Accounts of women who suffer obstetric fistula proclaim that their lives have been reduced to the leaking of urine, feces, and blood because they are no longer capable or allowed to participate in traditional activities, including the duties of wife and mother.

While the entertainment value of chariot races tended to overshadow any sacred purpose, in late antiquity the Church Fathers still saw them as a traditional " pagan " practice, and advised Christians not to participate.

Likewise, such a survey will include a disproportionate number of respondents who have traditional, land-line telephone service with listed phone numbers, and people who stay home much of the day and are much more likely to be available to participate in the survey ( e. g., people who are unemployed, disabled, elderly, etc.

In 1941, followers of John Frum rid themselves of their money in a frenzy of spending, left the missionary churches, schools, villages and plantations, and moved further inland to participate in traditional feasts, dances and rituals.