Christian Funeral Ceremony in Luo Land around Lake Victoria, Nyanza
A Funeral procession in Luo Nyanza conducted by a Paster in Ulafu Village, Siaya County.
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Luoland
Today the magic carpet sets out for Kenya to explore the land of the Luo and the nyatiti instrument. Artist: Ayub Ogada Song: Chiro
Luo - Rocks are ancestors watching over Luoland.
Rocks are the ancestors of the Luo. The Luo say that when they die they turn into rocks. Therefore, it is no surprise that rocks are respected and never disturbed in any way. Rocks are thus the ancestors who watch over Luoland.
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Luo Medicinal Plants (Yiend Nyaluo)
Knowledge of medicinal plants is a must for everybody in Luoland. People learn the names and remedies of plants by heart. A Luo is expected to point at a plant with his/her index finger so that the person who has asked for it can not only know its physical appearance but also keep that knowledge for others who might need it. It is the person in need of the medicinal plant who must pick or uproot it from the ground. It means that nobody can claim to be the medicineman or ask for payment for any medicinal plant. Above all, if someone with medicinal knowledge dies, millions others (every Luo) are alive to tell the name and point a finger at the plant so that the person in need may pick, cut or uproot it.
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Luo - Dho Luo (Luo Language) ne igoro e thago.
Luo Language is very ancient and used to be inscribed on clay tablets. It no doubt what has been baptised Ancient Greek. That Language who writers and speakers are said to be unknown when if fact they are here, in Luoland, speaking and writing that beautiful Language called Luo.
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Luo - Nyatiti the traditional music and dance
Nyatiti is a Luo music that is played with only one instrument also known as Nyatiti. And , of course, the special dance which honours all important occasions both sad or happy, is as well, called Nyatiti.
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Okatch Biggy: Hellena Wang'e Dongo 1
Okatch's artistry reclaimed benga, rejuvinated her from her then relative dormancy and, in this period, his sales and popularity outstripped the ever in lingala (rhumba-soukous) in Luoland. Hoardes of benga fans would flock to Junction Inn, and soon Heka Heka was filling up stadiums across the land. Agricultural shows became Okatch Biggy shows. Scheduled secretly for Homa Bay {Tourist Hotel] one time, word leaked and the organisers of the would-be intimate gig were soon confronted by a surging crowd in excess of 70 thousand! It became a free gig, Biggy going home penniless! but 70 thousand benga fans created wind currents strong enough spin the great AWACS, as they sang along in the chorus of this song: Biggy tinde owara --Sianda madongo aweyo, Okatch; Wang'gi-Dongo aweyo...: ALEEEMO! Biggy owara.... GIKOOORO Joroho koro...! So, my dear jahera-benga, have a feat in nostalgia and sing along. I have tried to paste the words within bearable accuracy further on in the upload.
Omollo Kondigo -Awuor nyar Ugenya
Kiwiro 'B' Band is the lable here. I am not sure whether Kondigo once starred alongside Cheplin Kotula in the one time famous Kiwiro Boys Band, a powerful Benga outfit in the mid 70s. Historians of Benga, please enlighten! Koso Mbariariany Maseno kanyo onge ajuoga mokawo 'phd', otas mar somo mong'inyore mogik, e sigand benga?
Owino Misiani Jashirati: -MV Bukoba (onimo)
MV BUKOBA is the name of a ship that sunk in Lake Victoria in on 21-05-1996, with mammoth casualties: ~1000 dead. Luoland in both Tanzania and Kenya was savagely hit. A cloud of mourning hung over the land, each-one breathed the air of grief, with the additional pain of many drownees being lost forever in the fish-giving lake. Land burials being that important to the Luo. Daniel Owino Magunga Kili the peoples voice, composed this song to commemorate the ocassion.
Kenya Benga music Owino misiani D-O7 Shirati babito linet aluoch pamba
