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Luo's are the
third largest ethinic group andone of themost cohesice tribes in kenya. the
Language, Jaluo is distructive and clodelty resembles the new and dinka in Southern
Sundanfrom where their ancestors migrated to. The reside at Kisumu around the shore of L.
Victoria. They are best knowns as fisherman, but they also cultivate widely andstill keep
livetstock. the have absolutely retained their culture and the only tribe in kenya that
does participate in Circumsion. Funny to their custom , children have to loose six
of their front tooth knocked down for their simpal of aldulthood. Howeverso this is at
least not commonly done this days. Unlike the old days children are now going to school
since the Odera Akongo time, which resulted into an active education system into the
region.
The Maasai tribe
Of all the kenya
people the Maasai tribe retain andis todate proud of their culture as
most tribes has swiched into the western culture which is inhabiting the
majority of the tribes in kenya. Often strickinglu tall and slender,
theMaasai dress in brilliant red cloth, beads and metal jewelary todate.
They have a reputation for their well entained culture, this tribe acts
as boost to kenyan Tourism todated as tourist tour thier villages which
still remain the same from hundreds of yrs. ago. tshe live on
milk, blood and meat, they are most livestock and pastoralsts.
Cattle is their pride, so the more cattle you have the richer you are
and the more women you can accomodate. Their stage of life advancement
eg, circumsion songs, marriage songs, etc are today entertainment to
many tourists as the tourists referd to as "Mzungu trade fro their
beads, jewelary, cloth,as suvenior for Money or cloths or shoes and
bags. Their homestead are called Manyatta. many a family can
leave in one manyatta made o fCowdarg. "cows wast plus soil, for
carpeting and roofing) Men takescare of the cattle and women looks after
the children and cooks.
Mijikenda
A group of nine tribes in the coast. They are
believed
to have arrived in their present homeland in the
sixteenth century from aquasi-historical state called
shungwaya. This centre was problably located in the
lamu hinterland or in the southwest corner of
present-day somalia. According to oral tradition, the
people who left it were the Giriama, Duruma, Digo,
Rabai, Ribe Chonyi, Jibana the Kauma and Kambe.
All these tribes now live in the coastal hinterland with
the Giriama amd the Digo the largest and best known
groups. Each group has a traditional kaya central
settlement some kilometres from the coast. Like so
many other kenyan people, the Mijikenda had age-set
system that helped cut cross the divisive groupings of
clan and subclan to bind communities together. Much of
this tradition has been lost during this century.
Economically, the mijikenda were, and still are,
diverse. They were cultivators, herders, long distance
traders with the interior, makers of palm wine,
hunters and fishermen. Many mijikenda, however, have
found conversion to islam a helpful religious switch
in their dealings with coastal merhernts and
businessmen. This conversion seems to be the latest
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