Kwita Izina - Rwanda's gorilla naming ceremony - will be held on 2 September in Kinigi
Rwanda Development Board is pleased to announce that the 18th Kwita Izina Gorilla Naming Ceremony will take place on 2 September 2022 in Kinigi, Musanze District.
Kwita Izina is a ceremony in which gorilla infants born in the past year are given meaningful names chosen by a variety of dignitaries, celebrities, trackers, conservationists, and other partners. 354 baby gorillas have been named since the start of the naming ceremony in 2005
Based on a traditional Rwandan ceremony for naming infants, Kwita Izina is a celebration of nature and conservation that highlights both the successes and challenges of protecting mountain gorillas.
After two years of virtual celebrations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year the ceremony will return to Kinigi, near Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park where the mountain gorillas live.
