The term Nhaneca-Humbe is used to designate a group of agricultural pastoralist ethnicities in southwestern Angola.
Located mostly in the Huíla Province, these ethnicities combine cattle raising with agriculture generally aimed more at self-subsistence than commercialization.
Each ethnic group (muíla, handa, etc.) has its own social identity and cultural and linguistic characteristics, and they do not consider themselves to be part of a comprehensive group.
Most of the Nhanecas and Humbes adhered to Christianity, predominantly the Catholic Church, during the colonial period. Schooling made slow progress and remains below the national average.
A significant part started to live in towns and cities, abandoning, completely or in part, their traditional way of life.
The annual procession of the ;Sacred Ox, practiced in more traditional parts of the region, has, according to some sources, its origins in the cult of the Apis ox in Egyptian mythology.
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