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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...
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This English is hard on me

-: Hii kizungu nayo leo kanishinda,

-: Mwodi Senge. 

If I report otherwise it may seem writing one's eulogy. The words spoken are sometimes confidential. And if you do not tell as if passive, a bird may go tell people. 😆. 

The CBO reserves the rights to the confidentially of the information collected. There is what we are told, there is what we see, there is what neighbours know. There is what you round up and write. 🤗. 

We are going ahead well and the tales are galore. If someone ever wanted a virgin field of research....

@ Saniaga.org

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