LAKE AWING

After hunger pushed Awing Mbelee and Bamenyam from Widikum they came across the Ngemba speaking fmailies in the Bamenda grass field They first settled in Babajou in the west region and back to Ntarikon named after Tadkon their old site in Mankon. form here they migrated to baba 1 in Ndop. after a brief stay continued to present day Bmbili location. From this site they moved to "Ngup" near lake bambili
Awing and Bamenyam left Bambili. behind and perused their search for greener pasture that took them to "Aka'a" a valley in contemporary Awing. From Aka'a they proceeded to Mbenjom , still a quarter in Awing yet soil infertility chased them to pack bag and baggege onward to Alamiti. It is at this destination that the Bamboutous seperated form Awing to the Western region
Awing later discovered during thier stay in Alamity a large pond without an outlet nor inlet which was to be called Lake Bambulewing. Marvelled by thire discovery the people came up with injunctions restricting any person from dumping thrash into the Lake. The water later vamoosed becouse certain women threw thire dirty beds (menses) into the lake . It resufaced later on its present site while the Awing people had been making frenzy efforts to situate it. Thire happeness did not last for long when one memoral morning a certain man called Ta Mba'nka on returning from from his raffia bust with a calabash of wine on his shoulder met a group of people. The leader begged a cup of wine from him. He generously offered without any reserve. After quenching his thirst, the old man told him "I thought you were going to be as malicous as the women who upped thire menstrual linen on us.However to reword your kindness, I give you this whistle and bell, take them home and anytime you want to see us , climb up that hill and at the sunmit blow this whistle thrice and ring the bell thrice. We shall appear berfore you and ready to to attened to you and to received all what you will bring to us". This instructtion hitherto has never changed. Pa Mba'nka rushed to the palace with with alacrity. broke the news unveiled the instuments before the fon. The latter mobilized his stat major and they ascended the hill. following the instruction by blowing the and ringing the the whistle and bell respectively. Sparkling water zoomed up like the first rays of morning sun. A soothsayer rose from the middle and led the fon and his team back into the lake and performed rituals. after that the fon and his delegation were instructed to go home without loolooking behind. They followed the order until they arrived Ta Mba'nka's compound where a sumptous feast was served to celebrate the rediscover of thire ancestors.

AWING LAKE