Ehoumou holding the civit skin (second from left), Mallendi, his protege (a quarter turn around the fire) with initiates (nbanzi) in the background behind him. Ehoumou is considered as Mallendi's spiritual father. Panga is described as a new village for Bwiti initiations, plants and medicine.

The Edika ceremony may occur during the Bwiit initiation or 6 months to a year later depending on the financial abilities of the initiate. It occurs during the last night of the initiation rites. It is called the "paquet" or package. Edika is a secret preparation of leaves, roots and barks enclosed in banana leaves and put in the fire to cook through the night. It also has the significance of transferring language or knowledge from the forest to the village. Sazy reports the Edika is akin to the Soyouz spaceship, the vehicle in which you travel during initiation and concurrently the place for your reconstruction of yourself, another aspect of the initiation. This ceremony is proposed to give you the power of clairvoyance and consultation.

Each initiate is invited to eat in the manner of an animal with the civet skin on their head. The Edika ceremony is individual to the initiate so each man is provided with a special selection to eat. The initiation ceremony lasts three days and represents the equivalent of 9 months in the womb, the process of death and rebirth, an important ceremony. The photograph was taken at the end of the ceremony.