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When the Quaker missionaries spread to Kabras they established the Friends Church (Quakers) through a missionary by the name of Arthur Chilson, who had started the church in Kaimosi, in Tiriki. He earned a local name, Shikanga, and his children learned to speak Kabras as they lived and interacted with the local children.
Tiriki sub tribe is one of sixteen clans and dialects of the Abaluyia people of Western Kenya. The word Tiriki is also used to refer to their Geographical Location in Hamisi subcounty, Vihiga County, in the Western region of Kenya .
A women went there temporarily from Aintab in 1888, and aided by an Armenian girl, gave a part of her day directly to a school which, beginning with only 12 pupils, developed into a large school. Tuition in day-schools was nominal. Attendance at day-schools fluctuated with persecution and good or bad harvests.
Women’s ordination is perhaps the most visible sign of change following Koinonia’s departure from the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) to join the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
Within a family, the man of the home was the ultimate authority, followed by his first-born son. In a polygamous family, the first wife held the most prestigious position among women. The first-born son of the first wife was usually the main heir to his father, even if he happened to be younger than his half-brothers from his father's other wives.
In pre-colonial times, relations between the Terik and the Nandi (their eastern neighbours) were characterized by mutual raids for cattle, land and women, a perspective still alive among old Terik people. However, in recent years the Terik have increasingly come to perceive the Nandi as friendly relatives.
Another attraction is the "Hill of Vision" or Javujiluachi in local dialect, Tiriki. Unlike many other communities, the Tiriki have been able to preserve major aspects of their cultural heritage including their age group initiation rituals and rites. Unemployment patterns in Hamisi mirror those of other similar areas in rural Kenya.
Idakho, Isukha, and Tiriki (Luidakho, Luisukha, Lutirichi) are mutually intelligible Kenyan languages within the Luhya ethnic group. They are a set of languages closely related to some other Luhya ethnic groups like Maragoli , but less so in comparison to others, like Bukusu ,Tachoni or Samia.