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Lealui

Lealui is the dry-season capital of the Litunga, the king of the Lozi, on the Barotse floodplain of the upper Zambezi in western Zambia, near Mongu. Lewanika made it his capital in the late nineteenth century. Each year, as the flood rises, the Litunga leaves Lealui for Limulunga on higher ground in the Kuomboka ceremony, returning when the waters fall.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Lealui. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lealui
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