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-circmsicionmarriageharvest-and-prayer-for-rain
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
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-called
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