Religion / Culture

The Bana people are Catholic and Protestant. However, the majority practise ancestral African spirituality, primarily animism and ancestor veneration.

The local language spoken in the village is Nufi, which residents simply call "Bana." In Bana, the market takes place once a week according to the traditional calendar — this is known as "market day." The traditional week has 8 days (Ntu'Kwa, Ntu'ntaa, Lie'nkwe', Nkaatee, Nzengoo, Ncomntee, Nzingu, Nziso), so market day shifts by one day each week relative to the Gregorian calendar.