Fetiche Nkissi Konde

Nkissi or rather Minkissi, which is its plural, is a word "kongo" to indicate this type of magic statuettes that carry in their belly a cavity destined to keep the magical substances that through the proper rites will transmit to them the power and strength that characterize them.

The Nkissi Kondi has the power, after his sacralization by the Nganga, to activate the fetish with magical passes to make it operational, to confront the sorcerers and evil beings, whether they are men or spirits. These fetishes are the symbol of magical power par excellence,

Once endowed with these supernatural forces, fetishes must fight against the hidden forces or, where appropriate, use them. They are protective fetishes that can serve to avenge the innocent, transmitting to the guilty sudden diseases or misfortunes that can cause them death.

The ventral cavity is intended to accommodate the bilongoor magical substances that form the basis of its power and are protected by a piece of mirror. The mirror has great magical qualities, among others, that of driving away those who dare to look at it because they would be reflected in it, which would mean that they would have taken away their soul.

The Nkissi Kondi has the power, after his sacramentalization by the Nganga, to confront the sorcerers and evil beings, whether men or spirits.

These fetishes, whether of nails or blades, are the symbol of magic power par excellence, used in the People's Republics and Democratic Republics of the Congo, the former Zaire. This fetish is made of crushed irons and nails, with a ventral load and several bilongs or magical loads on the neck.