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Tetela folklore

A spiritual queen calling rain over a drought-stricken plains as villagers watch in awe

The Rain Queen of the Sankuru Plains

Across the wide grasslands and river-fed valleys of the Sankuru region in central Democratic Republic of Congo, life has always depended on the rhythm of rain. The land fed villages, forests, and hunting grounds, but when the skies remained silent for too long, even the strongest communities began to weaken. Rivers shrank. Crops failed. And hunger slowly spread through the
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