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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 : Materere Stream

It may have been a large swamp from the start and no stream had started running so far from the evidence of the reeds after the first mini bridge. When water  is mistreated it tends to react. The trenches are adaptation against exposure to greedy roots and hiding from direct sunlight. In this way the small sized snake of a river  provides the topology appropriate for gulping other sinking  yet equally young brooks.

Materere is the name known to the river at this point having lacked a tag prior. People have seen streams run down at the farms and never bothered to name them. It's too small for a name, they say. Materere rivulet is named after a slippery rock that must have served as a crossover to either ridges long ago. Beautiful girls must have broken many water pots there.

The sight of an 'untouched' Canaan came to sight in the inherited land of Joel Indeje. There being no one by Materere rivulet to break my growing loneliness, I had to seek the home up and get a word. There I was served tea.

Joel married a Maragoli girl from vadamai clan. She must have taught her children to stay away when guests are around for none came to ask I give him my watch. Joel had left and he's the one who could have largely gave a history of the place. Indigenous trees are good for charcoal and wood. A cook enjoys when fire is consistently burning. However it could take generations for maturity of many species - msorongo, kigangania, mduguyu, rusiora. It is unlike the preferred quick maturing and economically viable key for the present needs.

Musakulu Lubuze was weeding his maize farm by the stream. Rocks kept him doing it carefully slow. Confessing that Tirikis are but emigrants from nearby communities of Maragoli, Banyore and Idakho. The earliest migrants had borrowed the strong circumcision rituals from a minority Highland Nilote Group -Terik community. The result was 'Idumi' practice where traditions and customs are secretly passed only to the initiates. Those bound to share to outsiders are threatened by extreme consequences.

And so four types of circumcision ceremonies are held - vamasero, vasomi, varogori and hospital. Vamasero are the secretive and adamant group while Vasomi considered churchish.

What disturbs man is the stomach; I want, I want! Concluded Lubuze.

Just before the 'ritele' stone a road crossed. To the left it would take you to Senende, to the right Matagaro.

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