For example, when a woman is pregnant, she must not eat certain foods, enter water for fear of evil spirits, or leave her hut at midday. After the child is born, neither parent may carry it. Rather, a young nurse will only hold the baby toward the mother when the child needs to be fed. By age seven, children begin to work. Boys are given small hoes and later weapons to take hunting with their fathers.
Young girls help their mothers with household duties and tend to the young children.
Later, they are taught the chief art of pottery making. Wrestling is an important sport for Banga males, and participation begins around the age of fourteen. Each year one champion wrestler is awarded a forked stick that he will carry over his shoulder as a sign of victory. Rocks or trees are generally worshipped, and men have their own personal gods. Prayers and sacrifices are offered to the objects, and certain rituals are conducted in conjunction with those offerings to ensure the good growth of crops, to prevent disease, etc.