Formerly, the Kuyu were divided into two clans totem: in the West, that of the panther and the eastern snake. An association male secret Ottoté, played an important political role in appointing leaders. The initiation of young men ended with the revelation of the serpent god Ebongo represented in the form of a head. The dances that accompanied the ceremony reactivating the successive stages of creation. The clan had a drum panther emblem. In turn, that the snake had carved heads, painted in bright colors, sticks on the manipulator, concealed under a long dress, standing with hands outstretched above his head. After the exhibition of the serpent, had carved figures representing the primordial couple: Joku, Ebotita father and the mother.