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Royal Burial & Succession Rites | Uganda News
This Saturday, the late Omukama Oyo is laid to rest in a ceremony blending Christian and ancient Babiito traditions at Karambi Royal Tombs — the fourth king buried there. A church service at St. John’s Cathedral opens the rites, but the heart of the ritual unfolds privately at the tombs, where a symbolic nine-call entry by Omusuuna grants passage. After prayers, the successor prince receives nine coffee beans, placing each into the grave as a sacred act of transition before being entrusted to his maternal uncle for protection until enthronement — a process that may be adjusted amid extended…
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