ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author draws on his experience as an anthropologist while working in Katuruka and Nkimbo villages, focusing on their cultural heritages. The first dissemination of information about Katuruka occurred quite early with the commemoration of Mugasha's shrine. Most of the discussion with the King and Mary Kalikawe revolved about the need to restore Kanazi Palace and to make it a heritage tourism destination to help support the King and pull him out of his destitution. Kanazi Palace provides a significant opportunity to understand the values of performed heritage, with the kings as secluded ritual leaders and natural conservationists. Kanazi Palace, a group of buildings is obviously more than tangible expressions of heritage, holding strong values associated with indigenous religion. The vitality of indigenous religious beliefs into the 2000s within the palace is a significant sign of heritage values preserved, literally fenced off against the transformed and Christian-dominated world in which most local religious practices had been erased.
