Kwita Izina Gorilla Ceremony | Kwita Izina Gorilla Ceremony
Kwita Izina Gorilla ceremony, gorillas share with the human beings 98% of the genes and about a third of the world’s total mountain gorillas population live in Rwanda.
The Rwanda Office of Tourism and Volcanoes National Park (ORTPN) and indeed the entire Rwandan community found it pertinent to extend the much cherished secular Rwandan tradition of naming every newborn baby to the Gorillas as well. The Kwita Izina Gorilla ceremony of giving a name to a new born baby commonly known as “Kwita Izina” has been part of the Rwandan tradition for centuries.
The Kwita izina gorilla ceremony rwanda has also been used for the past 3 decades now to give names to newborn gorillas. The names attributed to the gorillas play a great part in the program of monitoring of each individual and gorilla groups in its habitat. Since this started, the gorilla naming ceremony was internal to the ORTPN and its partners and especially among the field staff.
Kwita Izina Ceremony – Gorilla Naming Festival in Rwanda
As a means of raising awareness at the national and international level about the protection of the mountain gorillas and their habitat. ORTPN launched the annual gorilla naming ceremony in 2005.
The theme of 2005 ceremony was “Ensure the Future of the Mountain Gorillas of Rwanda”.
In April 2007, Izina Gorilla Naming Ceremony (to give a name) was unveiled as the new brand name for the Gorilla Naming Ceremony. During these three last ceremonies which were very successful, ORTPN and its special guests named 30, 12 and 23 mountain gorillas, respectively.
2008: Working together to conserve our Wildlife—20 gorillas named.
In 2009 was the Fifth Annual Kwita izina gorilla ceremony rwanda.
On Saturday, June 20th 2009, the RDB Tourism & Conservation – the successor of ORTPN– will host the Fifth Kwita Izina to give names to the newest arrivals in the Gorilla families. Names will be given to eighteen (18) mountain gorillas at the Volcanoes National Park.
The 2010 year’s ceremony coincided with the “International Year of the Gorilla,” proclaimed by the United Nations.
The International Year of the Gorilla was launched at a ceremony in early December 2008, where Prince Albert II of Monaco and representatives of more than 100 governments gathered to discuss increasing measures for nearly 100 species endangered by pollution, climate change and over-hunting.
By declaring 2009 the International Year of the Gorilla, the international community hopes to draw the attention of the public and funding agencies to the plight of these primates. As a country that has been at the forefront of gorilla conservation, we heartily welcome the proclamation of the International Year of the Gorilla.
The theme for 2010 was “Celebrating the Year of the Gorilla”. Under this theme, we celebrate the efforts of all those that have contributed to the welfare of our wildlife and its conservation and give an opportunity to everyone to contribute to the sustainability of conservation for Gorillas. There were over 100 key personalities in wildlife conservation and business to attend the event.
The gorilla naming ceremony Rwanda 2024 is aimed at ensuring the future of Rwanda’s mountain gorillas and will provide an opportunity for all those who care about the mountain gorillas to contribute to this common effort.
