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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 #8

-Vatwa vasekana zimbara -
vatwa - people of foreign origin, half-casts, of similar problems, living at the boundary
vasekana - laughed at each other, scorned one another
zimbara - wounds, scars, fates
Vatwa na vandu vanakivara vataveye nuvurungi murimenya riavo. Na vandu vidikira mu vandi, varara vazia komenya mumiritu na vandi vazia muzihiri zindi.
Rwa vaganiraa yo, vogono vwo kumanya yavo na vandu vu l'lera l'lara korondekana ne riva riavo, vamaa vagirung'ana vatanga kosekeriza no komonya vandi. Vari vakonyane vamaa vagosana vava vasigu kari si vahereranaa mba. Numuteva wache aveendi amaa yegoiza amanyi mba noho amoroma mang'ana madamanu kuye.
Vuri mundu aveyange ne imbara yeye. Imbara iyi novogeheru vunakivara. Vunyara kuva vurwaye, vudaka, vusiza, vorema, vukungu noho vumanani vunavoreve. Rwa mundu atangaa koteta navora mang'ana madamanu ku undi amaa yiviriraa kandi naye aveye novogeheru. Genyaa mundu murimoroma ririe avore marahi, mang'ana gumbakaa, inditi ne viseno areke. Na ndio si varasekana zimbara mba navuza varayanguizana murimenya riavo.

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