Konzo speakers also live on the Western slopes of the Rwenzori range in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

[12] The Konzo were part of the armed Rwenzururu movement against the Toro Kingdom and central government that reached heights in the mid-1960s and early 1980s.

This conflict saw the death of hundreds of people and others arrested including the king His Majesty Charles Mumbere and his then prime minister Thembo Kistumbire.Houses of both the Bankonzo and Bamba/Babwisi were burnt.

[3][16][10] Notable Bakonjo include Amon Bazira, a political figure instrumental in the negotiations that ended the 1980s conflict, and Charles Mumbere, named the Omusinga (king), of the Rwenzururu Kingdom.

[7] Another tradition asserts that the Bakonzi have lived on Mount Rwenzori from time immemorial and that they have no foreign place of origin.

[17][25][6] The Bankozo had an annual mass circumcision ceremony/ritual called "Olhusumba" but it was last held in 1973 after it was challenged by the Christianity that was growing in the Rwenzori region back then but it is being revived.

And this made parents to start taking their boys to hospitals or inviting people who can circumcise to their homes.

[17][25][26] The Abathende alias Bathende (candidates to be circumcised) were grouped together and made Olhuthende (match/pilgrimage to the Olhusumba ceremonial venue).

[25][26] When a mukonzo circumicised man died, a special tradition dance called "Omukumu" was performed among his final funeral rights.

Erabania is also believed to turn boys into brave and fearless men do the fact they bare the pain circumcision and also treat the wound with only herbs and water.

The parents of the child who has shown no healing progress or any signs of scabies would be fined as a purnishment for invading culture.

But she would not be staying with her husband to be because, the boy would also be in the range of twelve (12) to fourteen (14) years but she would be sleeping in the back or behind her mother-in-law (Mabyalha) on the same bed with father-in-law (Tatabyalha) until she reached the age of in between fourteen (14) to sixteen (16) depending on how faster the parents-in-law want that girl to be married to their son and start their family.

When the parents-in-law felt that it was time for their children to start a family, the father-in-law would go and cut down poles and a bundle of reeds (Esiiseke) and take the boy to where he will construct a house where he will stay with his wife.

The traditional marriages that started that way lasted longer because of the strong bonds and family ties that were created from childhood to adulthood.

And a feedback which can be a letter or verbal message is sent back to the man's (husband to be) family through their daughter with the agreed upon time when they should come and visit them and get to know them better.

The purpose of the Ekongotha was to soften the hearts of the people in the meeting so that they do not hike the dowry items to check whether you can manage it or by someone who does not want you to get married in their family.

The Bakonzo marriage is only recognised after the Omukagha (dowry or bride price) that was agreed upon during the Erisunga has been paid to the girl's family on the day of erithahya.

If a woman got pregnant and the process of paying dowry was in progress and her family learns of the pregnancy then a goat called Embene eye Eyakibanga is slaughtered and its blood is let to flow on the ground before it is even entered into the house to act as a sacrifice to the gods but currently the tradition is no longer practiced.

If a mukonzo man marries a woman from the same clan, Embene yo Buwuma is slaughtered and the blood was let to flow on the ground to cleanse any curse that would come as a result of that marriage.

The slaughter symbolised that the other relationship of brother and sister had been ended and they were not supposed to annoy or hurt each other not matter the differences that came up.

But in these days, Omuseye wa maama includes; A gomesi, shoes, Ekikoye (thick cotton fabric worn underneath), Ekitambalha kyo kwamutwe (a cloth that covers on the head), a gomesi sash and also a money of any amount that might be used to buy undergarments or it can be used to paying the tailors.

Omuseye wa maama is meant to appreciate the Mabalya (mother-in-law) for the efforts the mother she has done to nurture her daughter.

A girl's giveaway ceremony is held on a different day where the wife is officially given to her newly wed husband.

It is a female goat because they expect that the newly wed couple is going to give birth to children but of course the wife is might be barren or the man impotent.

And it is the Mukodomi / Bonde (the elder brother's sister) that hands over the bride to the groom both at the give away ceremony and also in church or mosque.

And in the morning, the bed sheets the couple slept on during their wedding night are packed and delivered to the Songali we songa (the aunt who gave out the bide/girl) to open the packaging such as a bag.

There would be no special celebration that the bride was a virgin but the excitement of the bride's family that their daughter is going to give birth to Kanyere (Kanyere or Nzanzwa (boy) After a girl is taken by her husband, the Songali Owesonga (the main aunt to receive her marriage issues) is supposed to go back to the home where the girl was married to and destroy all the structures in a ceremony called Erihimbulha Ebihango that were set up when giving away the bride as she is the only one supposed to destroy them.

But with the Bakonzo intermarriages, copying of some traditions from other cultures and also the modern societies and bodies debate about the refunding of all of the 12 goats that were taken during dowry especially if the woman had given birth before her divorce.

If the twins cried a lot or refused to breast feed, then the spouse (Isebahasa) is believed to have committed adultery and has to explain himself to the Nyabahasa where and when.

But in the modern traditions, the wives of the late husbands are allowed to go get married somewhere else to another man or stay to keep the children close to the deceased's family.