African Queen and Zambia Safari Boat
The African Queen is a special boat that plies the Zambezi River above the Victoria Falls. It’s a boat with inbuilt luxury and majesty. The African Queen Cruise Company launched it on May 7, 2001. When in Livingstone you may choose to have the time of your life. Take a cruise ride on the African Queen. Dinner with cool drinks and accompanying music… and of course, stargazing is quite popular. It’s plain sailing in luxury.
This year on May 7 the African Queen Cruise Company celebrated the fourth anniversary of the African Queen’s launch. On hand to honour this was the boat’s patron Her Royal Highness Anna Siloka I Bedyango XVIII. HRM is the chief priestess of the Toka-Leya who live near the Victoria Falls locally known as “Mosi-oa-Tunya” the smoke that thunders.
Bedyango exercises a high ritual influence on the land of Toka-Leya. She performs rituals to avert disaster during wars, drought or epidemic. She officiates during births, marriages and deaths. Bedyango has a final say on the choice of a new chief. Talk of absolute power!
Other functions Bedyango does are the blessing of participants at the Lwiindi Traditional Ceremony of Chief Mukuni of the Toka-Leya. This takes place in January every year.
During the celebrations locally brewed beers and lagers are drunk. "Mosi Lager” is the most popular. There are a few other Zambian brands but all lagers are named after important ’things’. "Mosi" is short for "Mosi-oa-Tunya" and "Rhino Larger" is named after that endangered mammal species, the rhinoceros. "Eagle Lager" after the African fish eagle which is the country’s national emblem.
The safari luxury boat, the African Queen, is named after her and she blesses it every year on its anniversary. And guess what? The general manager of African Queen Cruise Company, Daan Brink, gets his blessing too during the anniversary cerebrations.
This year on May 7 the African Queen Cruise Company celebrated the fourth anniversary of the African Queen’s launch. On hand to honour this was the boat’s patron Her Royal Highness Anna Siloka I Bedyango XVIII. HRM is the chief priestess of the Toka-Leya who live near the Victoria Falls locally known as “Mosi-oa-Tunya” the smoke that thunders.
Bedyango exercises a high ritual influence on the land of Toka-Leya. She performs rituals to avert disaster during wars, drought or epidemic. She officiates during births, marriages and deaths. Bedyango has a final say on the choice of a new chief. Talk of absolute power!
Other functions Bedyango does are the blessing of participants at the Lwiindi Traditional Ceremony of Chief Mukuni of the Toka-Leya. This takes place in January every year.
During the celebrations locally brewed beers and lagers are drunk. "Mosi Lager” is the most popular. There are a few other Zambian brands but all lagers are named after important ’things’. "Mosi" is short for "Mosi-oa-Tunya" and "Rhino Larger" is named after that endangered mammal species, the rhinoceros. "Eagle Lager" after the African fish eagle which is the country’s national emblem.
The safari luxury boat, the African Queen, is named after her and she blesses it every year on its anniversary. And guess what? The general manager of African Queen Cruise Company, Daan Brink, gets his blessing too during the anniversary cerebrations.
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