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The struggle with many a rigid Logooli cultural practices

  The Logooli community is one of the deeply cultured societies – with near everything supposed to have been done as per custom – to allow another custom to follow. One example is that for a mature man (with a child or more) to be buried, there must be a house structure at home. Another is that a boy must be circumcised and nursed in father land. If maternal family decides to, the boy will have a hard time reconnecting with father people - a dent on his masculinity. There were two children who got burnt to death in a house in Nairobi. The single mother had left for night work. Elders were told that one of the children was Logooli. The other, the woman had sired with someone else. The Logooli family wanted to burry their little one and long discussed the do’s and don’ts. Of a man who died childless and the grave was placed as if he had died as a man with children. It should have been dug on the sides, the grave. A real thorn should have been thrust in his buttocks, his name go...
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Rurogori nu rwa 'r', 'l' dave

Kovoraa murogori navuza vandu vang'odaa mulogooli. Kovoraa Evorogori navuza ring'oda rijira maragoli. Kijiraki?

Muriteveririza riange, gamaa ni gava 'indio garange' vujira kivuni kirungi chajira 'rurimi rwitu' rutanga kuva 'lulimi lwitu'. Sikwavakuho ne rivugana rio kohenza mumang'anago. Cha vandu varonda ne ring'oda ria Ivangeri. Na kuduki kumanya Ivangeri yang'odwa madiku gene vasakuru vitu vigaa kong'oda no kosoma. 'Ha r na l, vavoraa, vugura l. Varara vavora ziosi zitumiki, varara vavora 'l' itumikaa norondizaa ku 'e'. Vandi vazia mu kika chokovora sekoveye na 'r' inditu dave. Yaga na gandi gajiri ng'ode yaga mbura kwageriza kuturiza ho rigoyana yirio.

1. Murimoroma, korore yaha. Unyara kuranga mwana wamuvorera ativuri kuri ahanzukaa.

Ra - La
Rara - Lala
Rarara - lalala
Rararara - lalalala
Rarararara - lalalalala
Rararararara - lalalalalala
~Rurimi rwe kerogori rogotaa mundu nativura 'l'.

2. Kutumikiraa Ra re ri ro ru mu rimoroma. Moroma vudunyi mang'ana yaga;

Vurahi - vulahi
Vuruhu - vuluhu
Vurungi - vulungi
Kirahi - kilahi
Ruma - luma
~ Mu vunyingi rigirung'anyia kong'oda 'l' rimaa riromba musomi ativuri 'l'. La le li lo lu.

3. Novodoto kandi nu vwangu komeda 'r' ziviri kuvita 'l' mu rimoroma. Vora nu mwoyo gwi iguru mang'ana yaga;

Rirara - lilala
Vurara - vulala
Kirara - kilala
Verera - velela
~ Uranyora rurimi rwo kerogori ne rodedekerana mundu navora 'l' mu vutambi.

4. Mu kika chu kokora muyinzi noho kindu kitavee chicho vaSwahiri vavoraa "kunyambua".  Ha mwana mang'ana yaga asome.

Korera - kolela
Virira - vilila
Rurira - lulila
Sirira - silila
~ Vandu vingi vamaa varuha korondiza 'r' ziviri vanyagurira ku " l'l". Henza handangu.

5. Murimoroma, kari niva urahurira 'l' umanye imaa ituranaa ku "l'l". Kunyara kovora koveye na L'la L'le l'le L'li L'lo L'lu. Nu rurimi rushaguraa kutivura ndio. Vogeheru nu rwa mang'ana gene gavorwaa ganyara kuva nigavoraa vindu vindi. Henza;

Marira - mal'la (marara)
Surira - sul'la (havundu)
Korera - kol'la (havundu)
Vurira - vul'la (vurara)

6. Ha rurimi ruvuguraa "l'l" ni rwa ring'ana rivezaa ritambi. Gavugirikaa muring'oda rio vovori (direct speech). Mu ring'oda nuvurahi kuta mu vutambi. Henza;

Nyoreriza - nyol'liza
Nyerereka - nyel'leka
Tunyiririza - tunyil'liza
Ziririza - zil'liza

Kuduki kumanya novodoto kong'oda rimoroma rietu shia kurivoraa. Kandi kumanye rivora zana rituranaa ku kinduki kuri ndakivara. Kurava ni kuturi mu vogoyanu vwa kovoye mu. Avandu variho venyaa rihandika rizugane ne zinimi zindi kuri Vidako, Vanyore, Vakisa na Vavugusu. Nuvurahi navuza rwari Rorogori ruragota. Kwegehizi muritumikira 'l' ma kwidinyi ku 'r' yene.

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