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Heavy responsibilities for elder aunt among the Logooli

With Seenge Fonesi. She is the elder grand daughter of Isagi and elder daughter of Amugasya. She is often present in functions involving the family of Amugasya. Pic taken on 18/4/2024. The elder sister soon becomes the elder aunt. It is this “seenge munene” (elder aunt) tag that she is tied to many cultural responsibilities – back home. To her marital family she may appear as any other woman, but she is not so in the eyes of her people. Marriage does not steal her away as it would happen with other daughters of the old man. To her, as days go and the old man and woman of the estate are dependents, she becomes increasingly present.  Her brothers also need her for almost all traditional markings. They are marrying, she needs to welcome the new wife. They are giving birth, she needs to come to midwife or “bless” the new born. They are paying dowry she needs to lead the women delegate. There is a conflict she needs to come for a hearing.  And many others. Traditions does not expect her to
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Izava Walk : Imemwa Stream

There however remains a nice grazing field after the bridge but too small for village cows. Cows too no longer want to gather there. After drinking in Izava it soon grows bonny exhibiting strange illnesses that is hard to be attended to by herbs. And when a doctor comes, the syringe kills it quick. Spring water, and not from Izava keeps children in homes busy. If the navizara sees it bad, she asks her children belabour no more. Yatuga yaki natamanyi kurihiza?

Izava took a super curve a distance before Vokoli-Gavudia bridge. A frog that was basking went in, mpu! This lead to none other place than mkivanda wa Laban. There gold is sought. There I was given the metal, touched the pebble and felt the weight. Handing it over, it was tied by a banana rope in munamsai leaf. The diggers were relaxing for a cigar as water refilled the ditch.

Yellow-like mine ditch, gold separated itself from the soil through decantation  and filtration. Grinding was for the deposits that were in rocks. Here, the gentlemen grabbed of how they have never sought employment. For one gram, I'd part with 2,800/-. First class gold, they said. The deposit was however small. More than once they've had to abandon a dig due to likelihood of slide.

This gold search was followed by another after Wekikubu spring. These gentlemen, one an aged papa, were from Tiriki. They had previous on explored river Igaragori. Then a man fished very small fish after them. In different ways, Izava ran for them, increasing in its volume.

Growing tired, the valley bottoms silent, farming presence everywhere, Imemwa soon forked itself as it poured in Izava. Imemwa originates from Wengondo, capturing fountains in Gahumbwa, Wagevi, Mambai, Nabwani, Gaigedi and Gavudia. Imemwa separates Gavudia from Gaigedi. This small a steam kids fished from. When Chavuli called us for lidasa competition, we played Muruvanda that faces Nabwani. There, once defeated, Gwaka did nothing but kunara.

Vasaali have borrowed much from Idakho due to their living as neighbours. Said a Mgihayo who said they migrated from Bugina. A wife needed not destroy the cooking stones, he added. And if she did, if she happens to come back, a new fireplace was made for her. The way her husband wasn't supposed to touch her tits, she wasn't supposed to touch his manhood.

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