{"id":630,"date":"2025-06-11T23:02:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T23:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test7.samplewebsitelink.com\/vakomolama\/?page_id=630"},"modified":"2025-06-11T23:12:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T23:12:30","slug":"culture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/test7.samplewebsitelink.com\/vakomolama\/culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"630\" class=\"elementor elementor-630\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-442d25e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"442d25e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f2f06f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4f2f06f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0a86b5 elementor-absolute elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a0a86b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"83\" height=\"73\" src=\"https:\/\/test7.samplewebsitelink.com\/vakomolama\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/page-header-shape-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-191\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d200e1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9d200e1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-318ebca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"318ebca\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-833bf25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"833bf25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Culture Preservation and Promotion<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4363667 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4363667\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Vakoland (Fako Division, Cameroon) stretches from the Atlantic Ocean (to the south) to the Mount Cameroon (to the north). Vakolanders are therefore Coastal (Rzawa), Forest, and Mountain, peoples. They are therefore a people that embody a rich and diverse culture, difficult to completely grasp and too vast to completely comprehend.<\/p><p>As with other societies, the indigenous traditional cultures of the Vakolanders (the Wakpe) are fast disappearing and with the passing of all those very proud Vakolanders who were custodians of the Vako Culture, by virtue of age, position in the society, or just for the pure love of the Vako Culture, the need to do something to promote and preserve the Vako Culture, therefore becomes an imperative.<br \/><br \/>Vako Services seeks to preserve and promote the Vako Culture, in the following manner<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bad6841 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bad6841\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title 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9.997-36.204-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Organize group and individual competitions in all possible areas of this ancient culture: such as singing, dancing, short stories, poetry, language, oral\/written history, and other socio-cultural aspects of the Vako people<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b3b65f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b3b65f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mokpe Schools:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-897eb39 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" 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elders and experts in the respective domains.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5150b78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5150b78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Annual Events: <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f997f4 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"7f997f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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