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Kalenjin music includes folk music traditions as well as contemporary pop music. Traditional music played on the sukutit drum and the various stringed lyres is quite rare and is played only at cultural events and venues. [9] Contemporary Kalenjin music derives from the benga sound whose defining feature involves playing the guitar principally ...
Diana Chemutai Musila, known by her stage name, Chelele, was a Kalenjin secular music singer songwriter. She sang in Kipsigis, a dialect of Kalenjin language.The Kalenjin are a Southern Nilotic ethnicity that inhabits the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya and a number of districts in the Mount Elgon area in Uganda.
Traditional Kalenjin medicine recognized both supernatural and technical skills, with male practitioners more associated with the former and female practitioners with the latter. [39] When a person fell ill, it was attributed to an angry spirit, often of a relation, and a cleansing ceremony was performed following which treatment was carried out.
Raphael Kipchambai arap Tapotuk (1937 – 7 April 2007), better known by the stage name Kipchamba, was a Kalenjin singer-songwriter and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1970s. [1] [2] He specialized in rhumba sung in the Kipsigis dialect of the Kalenjin language. While performing as a singer, Kipchamba preferred wearing a suit and ...
Philip Yegon (born August 1972) known by the stage name Bamwai, is a Kenyan singer-songwriter from the Kipsigis tribe which is contingent of the Kalenjin ethnic group and is celebrated and famed for writing and singing the sensational Kalenjin signature hit-song, “Emily Chepchumba”.
The Kerit is a mythological creature from Kalenjin folklore that has become well known in other parts of the world, mainly through popular culture and fantasy genres. However, there are a number of other saints, legendary figures and mythical creatures that feature in Kalenjin folklore, some of these include;
One notable Raphael Kipchamba arap Tapotuk was a luminary artiste, songwriter and producer credited as being a forebearer of Kalenjin pop culture often manifesting his works as folk song, country, and jazz. His music records are beloved by the entirety of Kalenjin; Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi, William Samoei Ruto and a host of Kalenjin leaders ...
Tugen is more diverse in culture and language than other Kalenjin sub tribes. It was divided as Aror, Lembus,Torois and Samor. Aror and Samor follow Tugen circumcision rites and Lembus and Torois followed Nandi circumcision rights. Aror have a strong connections with Marakwet people while Samor have connections with Lembus and Nandi.