There are two predominant traditional ceremonies celebrated in Mpulungu and Mbala district namely

1. Ukwalama: The Lungu people celebrate this ceremony at Walamo Traditional space which originally extended from Andreas fishing company and the current Gwenya Market along Lake Tanganyika shore. The ceremony is linked to the succession of Senior Chief Tafuna, by crossing the strip of water from the bank of Lake Tanganyika to Mbita island with the chief’s arms leaning on two boats (with the right arm resting on one boat and the lift arm resting on the left boat. While this is done, the chief’s body is partly submerged in water up to Mbita Island. Its is upon reaching Mbita Island that the Senior Chief Tafuna seeks permission from spiritual ancestors Kapembwa, Mbita and Namukale to rule over Lungu land (Mpu-u- lungu).

Mutomolo Wanyimbwa: Mambwes and Lungu celebrate this ceremony. The ceremony is association with an Agricultural harvest season time. At the ceremony the Chiefs from both Mambwe land and Lungu land bless and taste the first fruits of an agricultural season, after which the rest of the subjects are free to eat the season’s firstling produce. The ceremony usually takes place between April to June each year. The fate of any family eating the firstlings of the season before the chiefs at Mutomolo, is that such a family risked suffering a lot of turbulent and calamities, which in the long run might spread to the community at large