Baskets; sizes and their uses

-: Inavodo

Ingungi

Kidinyiru 

Kisia 

Kihinda

-: 🤔🤔🤔,kidinyiru,kisia waah!🙆🏿‍♂🙆🏿‍♂🙆🏿‍♂

-: Thank you Professor for elaborating on this. In the  measurement of gorogoro of nowadays Inavodo,ingungi,kidinyiru, kisia and kihinda each was equivalent to how many gorogoros. Please advise more on these

-: Remember the sizes are approximations. Secondly, the gorogoro is a recent measure. However, if 40 gorogoro = 1gunia, then probably 5 gorogoro = 1 debe and 8 debes = 1 gunia.

-: Yeah! Ikidinyiru...that's the one I'd forgotten. My dad used to use that word . I can't actually remember hearing anyone else use it.

-: But prof,used have the perception that 7gogoros= l debe

-: Kulugina not mulugina (lugina a traditional grinding stone to grind on this stone one should have isio)

By the way what's engogoto?

-: Ekehe or egehe

Inavodo

Inguungi & ikisya or igisya

Ikihiinda 

ekedeera

-: Let us put uses for more familiarisation. 

 *Inavodo* 

- Smallest of the baskets

- used for measuring small quantities of solids. Like seeds to be planted. 

- Used for storage of minutes e.g needles

- measuring weights in volume below a kilogram

 *Ingungi* 

- larger in size than inavodo.

- used in carrying fewer items - easy for the young. 

- used in storage of solids like flour and grains. 

- used in measuring quantities in minimum measures like in trading.

- used for measuring weights of about 10 kilos.

 *Kidinyiru* 

- larger in size than ingungi. 

- (can we add please?)

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 *Kisia* 

- larger than kidinyiru in size

- used for measuring volume weights of about 20 kilograms.

- used for carrying gifts to relatives during important functions as dowry payment and marking anniversaries. 

- used for storage of solids. 

 *Kihinda* 

- larger than kisia

- can hold volume weights of about 3-4 Visia

- used mainly for ferrying voluminous but lighter solids like tea, masagati. 

 *Kedera* 

- larger than Kihinda in size

- it is a stationary granary

- can accommodate volume of about 2-4 vihinda. 

 *Marksmanship* 

-/ they are made out of hard matured nappier grass (scientific name?)

-/ cut and worked on while still wet for easy bending, knotting* commences at apex base with columns to determine size and strength. Circular counter zig zag filling from the base follows to end at a conical top with rows and columns rounded together to form a solid ending and resistant to wear on handling. 

-/ finished, the baskets are dried for use/marketing.

 *Maintenance and usage* 

- smearing with wet cow dung fills in the spaces to disallow solids as flour from seeping away. Cowdung also has a calming effect, maintains the temperature of stored grains and prevents crawling insects beneath*

- Baskets are required to be raised when filled, hung when empty. If not on a peg then they can be placed on a flat base upside down. On floor they can quickly attract moisture which would allow quick decay of the organic material.

- Lowering is by first resting it on the knee to allow base landing than side-base lands which quickly wears with continual abuse. 

- Picking it is by holding on its diameter while full. Unbalanced lifting if full distorts the circumference of the opening and weakens the sides.  

- Balance on the head or with hands while carrying. Shoulder carrying while filled weakens it. 

 *Longevity* 

A basket if well used can last many years, minimum of 5. 

- Let us build on the article.....filling in the gaps.

-: You forgot ekehe, it can be used to measure small quantities of grains and also as a serving dish for ugali, cooked mabwoni or imyogo etc, it is thicker and stronger than inavodo and sealed such that something in liquid form cannot sip thru

-: Something in liquid? Porridge?

-: I think there was a send as the unit of measure. We therefore need to know how many debes filled a kihinda etc. A fever was metallic.

-: I'd never heard of kidinyiru & ekehe.  I'm back to school. This is the beauty of this group.

-: Some sort of a plate? Near kibakuri? 😊. Egehe. Let us know more. 

Then there is that which is more curved than /roderu but not complete to be ingungi/Kihinda. 

- called?

-: It can be a utensil or a basket depending on what you want

-: A debe was metallic🖕🏼

-: Could this kehe be what used be called ekederu?

-: Most likely because I heard there was ekederu where wimbi ugali was served. Then the utensil for boga made from mud, if I haven't forgotten was called lubago.  

I hope that's the word.

-: What about lidasa

-: You guys need lots of lessons in kimaragoli, 😎😎😎

-: My guku used ikidinyiru too, the one you measure njugu karanga in. But Nowdays in Mbale the njugu vendors measure 50bob njugus in a small glass equivalent or a sliced off bottom jam can🤪🤪🤪🤪 eeeh mambo haya

-: I think am wrong here, guyz,, nimechanganyikiwa🙈🙈

-: Nice to know. Kidinyiru is between inavodo and ingungi? Something btn murungi and mugorogoro?

-: Pls Hon Lunga'fa..pls pose photos of those baskets...if you come across, some members don't know about them....

-: I surely should. To keep learning.