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September 08, 2006
Its Good to be King
Meet Nyimi Kok Mabiintsh III, King of Kuba, D.R. Congo
The Nyimi Mabiintsh III is fifty years old. He acquired the throne at the age of twenty. As a descendant of god the creator, the king is attributed with supernatural powers.
Due to his top position he is restricted by several contraints: he does not have the right to sit on the ground, and he cannot cross a cultivated field. Apart from his cook, no one has seen him eat. Moreover he never travels without him, and his personal cooking ustensils.
His royal apparel is called the "bwantshy." The outfit is made out of material stitched with beads and "cauris" (small shells used as money in Africa), and weighs 160 lb. It takes more than two hours to dress the King, and two days of spiritual preparation to be sufficiently purified in order to wear the outfit.
The weight and the heat of the bwantshy is such, that it is impossible to wear it more than one hour. The preceeding King had only worn it three time during his entire life.
Posted by LindaSoG at September 8, 2006 07:50 AM
Comments
I wonder if the reason he has never been seen eating by his subjects could that his eating habits match those of Idi Amin. A known diet of long pig might scare his people. Idi Amin didn't care, he was a butchering dictator.
Posted by: Jack at September 8, 2006 01:16 PM
Oh MY!!!
Interesting trivia to file away.
Posted by: beth at September 10, 2006 02:35 AM