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Chahilu’s Funeral; Logooli Culture in action

Guuga Chahilu was respectfully laid to rest at his home on Saturday 14th June 2025. Having passed on at Mbale Referral Hospital on 31st May 2025, the two weeks leading to his burial were full of cultural discussions. His passing on is a great loss to the Logooli Language and Culture Family as he was a custodian and informer of Luhya Indigenous Knowledge. An observation as to how the funeral proceeded leads us to revist Logooli traditions amidst modern realities.  One, having left the house alive and now coming back in state, Chahilu was to be taken inside the house, placed muihiilu for a moment and then officially taken out in wait for earth burial. His casket was able to enter the doors. There are cases where the dead would find it difficult to be taken in and then out due to an oversized casket or thin door. A man or a lady of his house who died out of home has to be taken in the house for a last ritual mark. But if the person had died inside, he or she would not be brought bac...

Saying #10

-Avagesi vavuna mbango -
Avagesi - thieves
Vavuna - broke
Mbango - cooking stick
Kuvuna mbango nekovora kuduka kuvudinyu, kokora mashioro, kudukwa ni kivi. Kandi rivoraa onyorechi, havura hukwirukira. Niva yari imbisu yakuvurwa. Muvango nigwavunikaa rideka si riazizagiriraa dave kinga vavaze gundi.
Ku si nimadinyu mbango kuvunwa navagesi? Ha vari vakoraki numbango? Dave, si gwari mbango vava, gari gandi gavakora. Vaganira mbwivi! Varara vari nivazii kwiva ma vaganira yo navivi vandi. Imburirizani henaha sevorekaa.
Umwivi anyara kuva mundu wosi akoraa gatenyekaa noho kugada. Rivezaho ridiku amaa anyoreka na vandi vandu vabara kumutama kari niyenya yegoizi aturimu anyora ahandaririi mumatava. Kimanyaa kekorwa ni gave vahuririzane vaviki imbisu.
Navuza imbisy yi riveshi si ikunikwiraa ikunikika. Yene madiku nigakisunda imaa ivurika rwa vatangaa kogosana. Ma vandu vamanya 'goo, igo geekorekaa mumbisu!'

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