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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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Saying #12

-rimoroma riatama vandu, nembee murara -
Rimoroma - speech, talk, communication
Riatama - defeated, hard to do
Vandu - people
Nembee - me being
Murara - one of them (mul'la)
Ruyari ronene rwa vandu vahevwa na Nyasaye ni rimoroma. Zinyamanyama ziadaka ruyari rweniru. Zing'ombe zianaa, zimbwa zirokaa, zidaywa ziraguraa, zingoko zikegeteraa ne manyonyi gizanzanzara. Kari nigatevee sizinyara komoroma, zinyamanyama yizi mazimanyia cha zienyaa, niva nivurwaye, inzara noho risangara.
Navuzwa vandu vaveye nuruyari rwo komoroma. Umunwa nururimi ivio vivero vio komoroma. Kandi nivio viukunyanya. Kandi nivio viokoheranira nigava muru gahani.  Na mundu anyara kuturiza mioyo rugano na rugano. Vuri mundu aveye nu mwoyo gwigwe, varara miritu na vandi ming'erere. Vandi vamoromeraa hasi na vandi iguru nang'ana vahanzukaa.
Rurimi rwadurwa vuri ing'inga kinga roreteraa muviri kivi. Rwagemera muviri. Rwa mundu ativuraa mang'ana avezaa nasuviraa garahera nangani gazizaa kwumbaka inditi mu vandi vamanyaa vagirung'ana agavoye ura. Uranyora vandu nivasemana, varembana, varamana, vikanana,  visuhana na gandi gosi gikivihiri. Yago gosi ni ritumikira vunyari vwo komoroma vudamanu.
Mundu sigenyaa anyaguririrange mwimoroma mba. Genyaa ahuririzi mang'ana, anyanye mu kunangwa adore rogendo rwu kutivura. Rwu mundu avezaa nuvutima yaga gamaa gamuvita oyo yinaza murirakava. Na mang'ana gajira namaseno. Mundu natashioye ku madiva gaavoye gamaa gekoreka.
Rigosana rinyingi rituraa kurimoroma. Niwari omorome vugasu, ovoraa zimbemba. Niwari wehozerizi uhuriraa ga mbeto. Niwari uchiring'ane onyora mundu akutindii. Yaga gosi nerimoroma.

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