Luhya Folklore

Everything Luhya folklore in the contemporary society.  Meet our superheroes and characters from our oral traditions passed on from generation to the next. We tease them out in music, visual art and modern media depictions.

NOTE: For proverbs, we have a dedicated page for Luhya proverbs and sayings  from all 18 Luhya houses.

IMBURI YU MUDAKA YIVURA AMALONGO DAVE: Of luck & goats among the Maragoli

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Image of motorcycle rear mud guard with maragoli proverb imburi yu mudaka yivura amalongo dave

There is a Swahili saying that’s similar saying to this Maragoli proverb. It goes, ng’ombe ya maskini haizai mapacha. But I find the Lulogooli version, Imburi yu mudaka yivura amalongo dave, more pungent. Simply because twinning in goats is naturally a more probable occurrence than in cattle. Science has it that the incidence of twinning … Read more