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Marondo and last borns: The curious link between ugali, womb and pot among the Luhya

Luhya Culture /

What, if any, could be the link between marondo and last borns? For non Lulogooli speakers, we speak of the crunchy stuff left stuck inside the sufuria after cooking ugali; not the soup made from boiling the legs, head and tongue of cows. In Tanzania, marondo the soup is known as supu ya kongoro. This […]

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All about kurugiza, house warming the Maragoli way: When your sister in law helps you to cook fulfilling an important Maragoli tradition that makes a home complete

Luhya Culture, Maragoli Culture /

Kurugiza is a Maragaoli tradition that straddles the community’s building traditions and marriage traditions. It is an important part of our culture that serves to make a union complete. Literally, kurugiza means ‘to be made or be aided to cook’. Recently, before COVID-19 disrupted our cultures and way of life, I attended the burial of

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