It is a beautiful homestead

A beautiful traditional compound at Nabongo Mumia Cultural Centre, Mumias.

-: These beautiful structures will soon be obsolete, they look so natural and exotic. Most of all they are environment friendly, look at the grass and other vegetation around, still intact!

-: The first wives hut i suppose is the one facing the road straight

-: That is the man's house in this context. Usually the owner of the homestead has a house at the centre. But the Wanga have it facing the gate, kirivwa. The first wife on the right hand, her house equally facing the entrance at an angle.

-: Just at the entrance, kirivwa, are two opposite facing houses, zidisi. The warriors/sons of the homestead live there. A visitor has to stop at the entrance, be interrogated by the gate keepers before a message is sent inside and the owner of the house is notified. 

Around the homestead a trench is dug for security purposes. An enemy would not jump over.

-: If these structures were somewhere 'visible' someone would buy or rent them at your price, I think we should put them somewhere for display as a museum they look beautiful!

-: I was somewhere in a village in Moiben (Uasin Gishu) and I came across such a structure, the owner has a modern house but he could not destroy this original structure, he is originally from Nandi

-: We are championing for a Saniaga Museum. We shouldn't forget a house. 😊