cameroon

Image of Yaounde, capital of Cameroon

Lobe is a coastal river which originates in the mountains of Ntem in the center of Campo Ma'an National Park. Lobe Falls are located 310 km from Yaounde taking the road Yaounde Edea Kribi Campo. Lobe is characterized by a set of small arms that grew into a series of small waterfalls over a distance of 1 km before flowing directly into the ocean several falls of which the highest is nearly 15 m. These falls are located 8 km south of Kribi towards Campo. This is a unique phenomenon in the world than to see a line of waterfalls that spans nearly 100 m wide and tumbles into the Atlantic Ocean. Lobe through several communities living in close contact with water, either the river or the sea. Hence, there Upstream, Bulus and the Pygmies, the downstream Mabis found up at the bridge on the Lobe, and finally Batangas which are at the mouth and on the coast.
Falls Lobe cost these people a strong symbol of belief, and are generally associated with a variety of natural and cultural rites that have these coastal peoples. For example, pygmies, original peoples of healers, patients plunge into the water falls during purification ceremonies. Similarly, the fall of the Lobe is an important step in the ritual of enthronement of Chief Batangas. He stayed there for a period of complete and thus receives the blessings of the spirits and ancestors. It should also be noted the phenomenon of "Jingou" or "Mami Water" or "husband / woman-water spirit." It is a mystical representation of the whole power of the spirits of water for many centuries, became part of the life of every native of this entire coastal area. In terms of marine life, found in the waters of lobed and only its tributaries race specific crayfish, both in appearance as the site falls in the lobed in many ways a outstanding universal value.