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Luhya marriage customs: Can I marry a girl whose grandmother is from my clan?

Luhya Culture /

Hello mulembe nation. I have a question. There’s a bachelor whose love interest’s grandmother is of the same clan as his own. Can they get married? Hello mulembe nation.Niko na swali.Kuna kijana ako kwa uhusiano na msichana ambaye nyanya ya msichana (nyanya anayezaa mama ya msichana) ni ukoo mmoja na kijana.Je, wanaweza wakaoana? Hujambo Kaka? […]

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Luhya marriage traditions: 10 unwritten rules of etiquette to observe when visiting your in laws in the land of Mulembe

Luhya Culture /

Today I will walk you through an important yet least talked about part of Luhya marriage traditions: the decorum expected of you when visiting your in laws in the land of Mulembe. Of all the relations of mulembe, the highest form of respect is accorded to in laws. It is not uncommon to hear of

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poster A Bukusu proverb: embalikha elinga ekhilakhima, esiukha bichikhi!

Meet the Bukusu proverb embalikha yarafua nga ekhilakhima – A tale of polygamy, the church and Elijah Masinde’s resistance.

Luhya Culture, Bukusu Culture /

As I equivocally stated before, we the people of mulembe are a people of love. The spirit of mulembe is that of warmth. That of love. Of companionship. That of a man loving his woman. And of women finding joy in keeping their beds warm; making sure her man is tethered to her sheets. Therefore,

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Will you marry me neon sign, the Bukusu way of communicating the same is a letter and a ceremony known as show up or introduction

A Bukusu Proposal: Secrets To How To Write Letter Of Intent Asking For Her Hand In Marriage and Hacking The Show Up Party Thereafter, All Before Dowry Negotiations

Bukusu Culture, Luhya Culture /

Among my people, to be a man, you have to be honorable and ask for a girls hand in marriage the right way. For the Bukusu, this includes writing a letter of intent and when granted, expertly navigating your first meeting with her family known as the show up or introduction. Today I want to

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Mukha Rarao Omutiti Obeya Busa: When A Son Could Take His Father’s Wife To Propagate His Generation

Bukusu Culture, Luhya Culture /

Wife inheritance was one of the key contributors to polygamy of the polygyny type (embalikha) among the Bukusu. The following cultural practice best described via the Bukusu words mukha rarao omutiti obeya busa, is still commonly practiced. Thus, it’s cultural importance is not lost on us. For a father to take his son’s woman, an

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Khukona Mwikhokho: Back In The Day, It Was Sometimes No Taboo For A Father To ‘Take’ His Son’s Woman

Bukusu Culture, Luhya Culture /

Khukhona mwikhokho is a fast fading Bukusu cultural marriage practice whose contribution to polygamous marriages of the polygyny type (embalikha) of yesteryear is one hard to ignore. We feature it for cultural purposes. Possibly also to offer answers to a lost soul who on tracing their roots, came by a relation that in today’s westernized

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khoboa chinyinja bukusu traditional marriage poster featuring image of beaded necklace with heart pendant

Marriage goals: All about khuboa chinyinja, a unique and cardinal of Bukusu traditional wedding ceremonies

Bukusu Culture, Luhya Culture /

When a Bukusu couple are made one, Bukusu marriage customs observed, enganana taken place and dowry paid, it comes a time when culture demands that the couple celebrate the longevity of their union in a special way. The Maragoli had kuvika kesegese and kuruta as the traditional seals of marriage. It is the former that

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