ff ia ▁pal m , ▁and ▁kol an ut ▁trees . ▁Until ▁the ▁early ▁si xt ies , ▁the ▁lower ▁forest ▁zone ▁har b oured ▁several ▁birds ▁and ▁animal ▁species . ▁These ▁included ▁mon keys , ▁ch imp anze es , ▁por cup ines , ▁squ ir rel s , ▁de ers , ▁etc . ▁Ext ensive ▁po aching ▁has , ▁however , ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁er adic ation ▁of ▁these ▁animals . ▁ ▁Culture ▁ ▁M mu ock ▁people ▁generally ▁have ▁the ▁same ▁culture . ▁Being ▁of ▁the ▁B amil ike ▁eth nic ▁group , ▁they ▁have ▁a ▁very ▁similar ▁culture ▁to ▁the ▁border ing ▁communities ▁of ▁Bang ang , ▁B af ou ▁and ▁F ongo - T ongo , ▁all ▁in ▁the ▁West ▁Region ▁of ▁Cam ero on . ▁ ▁Relig ious ▁belief s ▁ ▁Although ▁Christian ity ▁has ▁been ▁adopted ▁in ▁recent ▁times , ▁L ete h ▁people ▁still ▁ad here ▁to ▁belief s ▁and ▁practices ▁of ▁traditional ▁religion . ▁At ▁the ▁found ing ▁of ▁the ▁village , ▁several ▁shr ines ▁were ▁created ▁and ▁dedicated ▁to ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁primary ▁gods ▁of ▁the ▁village . ▁Prom inent ▁families ▁typically ▁have ▁a ▁shr ine ▁dedicated ▁to ▁the ▁gods ▁of ▁the ▁family ; ▁such ▁shr ines ▁are ▁usually ▁located ▁at ▁the ▁entrance ▁into ▁the ▁family ▁comp ound . ▁ ▁The ▁dominant ▁Christian ▁den om ination ▁is ▁the ▁Catholic ▁church ▁which ▁disp la ced ▁the ▁Pres by ter ian ▁church . ▁Two ▁reasons ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁prom in ence ▁of ▁the ▁Catholic ▁church