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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 by plucking as opposed to strumming the strings.
Traditional Kalenjin society is the way of life that existed among the Kalenjin-speaking people prior to the advent of the colonial period in ... an old people's dance.
Cheptalel [6] [7] (also Cheptaleel) is a heroine found in the folklore of the Kipsigis [8] and Nandi [9] sections of the Kalenjin people of Kenya. She became a folk hero as a result of being offered as a sacrifice (actually or symbolically) to save the Kalenjin sections from a drought that was ravaging their land.
Traditional Kalenjin religion which was undergoing separate change saw a corresponding decline in this time. [50] Today, nearly everyone claims membership in an organized religion—either Christianity or Islam. Major Christian sects include the Africa Inland Church (AIC), the Church of the Province of Kenya (CPK), and the Roman Catholic Church ...
Maasai men performing a traditional jumping dance. Many Maasai were adopted into various Ortinuek during the 19th century. The Oreet (pl. Ortinuek or Ortinweek) is a kinship group among the Kalenjin people of Kenya that is similar in concept to a clan.
Traditional Kalenjin society; Tugen people This page was last edited on 12 August 2019, at 08:59 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Traditionally, like other Kalenjin people, the Tugen prayed to Asis (sun). Other gods are Chepokipkoyo (god of harvest), Cheptengeryan (god of love), and Cheponamoni. Most have converted to Christianity. Islam flourished in major towns. Pagans are present among Tugen along with practitioners of African traditional religions.
Around the 1950s, the name Kuria gained wide usage. Mijikenda, Abaluyia and Kalenjin also became generally accepted as ethnic names during the 1940s and 1950s, when they sought political recognition from Kenyan colonial authorities. The Kuria people may not have a common origin, although a number of clans claim to have come from Egypt. Kurian ...