In Bamiléké culture, tradition is brandished as a law, sacred and incorruptible, and as a burden that one is required to bear, despite oneself. It “constitutes all the acquisitions that successive generations have accumulated since the dawn of time, in the areas of the mind and practical life. It is the sum of wisdom held by a society at a given moment in its existence. Tradition is [among the Bamiléké, in this case] a means of communication between the deceased and the living, because it represents the “word” of the ancestors. It is part of a vast network of communication between the two worlds, encompassing prayer, offerings, sacrifices, myths.