This thesis describes the coronation rituals and traditional administrativernsystems of Donga People, who lives in southern part of Ethiopia. It furtherrninvestigates the roles of traditional institutions; the communityâ€™srnperceptions towards their traditional administrative system and otherrnrelated socio-cultural events.rnTo achieve this goal primary and secondary data were used. The datarnwere collected through observation, informal and formal interviews, focusrngroup discussions and reviewing available primary and secondaryrnsources.rnThe findings of the present study showed that the Donga coronation ritualsrnhave a considerable role in creating and maintaining the social bondrnamong members of the community. Simultaneously; the annual festivalsrnare also practiced with the presence of respected king and considered asrnpart of the earliest traditional forms of communal thanks-giving. Moreover,rnhierarchical traditional conflict resolution mechanisms, based onrncustomary laws could create peaceful environment, maintain ongoingrnsocietal moral structure and further reduce the burdens of the â€˜â€˜modernrnjury. The traditional social structure serves as a channel of communicationrnwithin the entire community. It also helps to plan and implement policies,rnrules and regulations to further mobilize the people towards developmentrnendeavors.rnThe values and practices examined in this study further showed that thernparticular understanding of given times and the cultural effects of thernreformation could in fact make significant changes on socialrnconsciousness.