Interviewer: how was the circumcision conducted during the old days, “your days?” Mzee Rajab: Circumcision was a big celebration just like weddings or Edd celebrations in or… Read More »Mijikenda Circumcision, Marriage, Harvest and Prayer for Rain
Ustadh Mohammed Ahmed Hassan ni mjukuu wa Amir Jamadar na ni mjukuu wa kumi na tano (15) (15th generation) katika familia kurithi mambo ya matibabu… Read More »Dawa za Miti shamba
The bridegroom is accompanied by friends and cousins to come and meets the bride. When they get there, the bride says that he has been… Read More »Kuhaswa Traditional Giriama Wedding
Hando – Women’s skirt Shuka – Men’s Loin Cloth Hando is a popular traditional skirt worn by Mijikenda women. Traditionally it was worn as a… Read More »Traditional Cultural Mijikenda dress
Kupeleka pete KufugaUkuti Hinna party Shindee Kesha Limatularus – Lunch Kikaii/Nikkah– Marriage vows performed by kadhi at the Mosque. the groom family serves KahawaThungu, and… Read More »Harusi ya Waswahili Shela Lamu
Atipa is a long leafy plant found any place where the soil is accommodating. It is a plant that spreads all over and mostly found within… Read More »Atipa – Luo Traditional Vegetable
The body was washed and hair shaved by old women past child bearing age in the village. Formerly, the corpse was always placed in the… Read More »Burial Rites in the Taita Community
The inquiry includes “family life” starts from great great grand parents to the girl’s parents. The groom parents and family elders will meet once again… Read More »Kuposa – Engagement in Digo Swahili community
SHAVING THE BABY (Lielo Nyathi) In olden days shaving of a new born was a ritual of its kind. The shaving was done by a… Read More »Celebrating the birth of a baby in old Luo culture
Malindi – a friendly town Malindi is an ancient coastal town, founded around the 1st Century AD. Its original site may have been Mambrui, north of… Read More »A pictorial history of Malindi