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Khalwale and the dangerous traditions.
Impunity
#1 Posted : Monday, May 18, 2009 8:05:00 AM
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Did you see how they dressed to scare away death?And the way they went on a destruction spree after the burial,slushing all the healthy maize and banana plantations.Do we still need this type of culture in the 21st century?Destroying crops from the already bereaved family!

Which is more dirty,the pig or Kenyan mp?
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wazamali
#2 Posted : Monday, May 18, 2009 8:18:00 AM
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@ Impunity

This is just simply a way of 'crying' Some people roll on the ground,somersault etc...

Different mourning styles for different cultures






Chunga mali yako...
Wendz
#3 Posted : Monday, May 18, 2009 8:28:00 AM
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@Wazamali

With famine staring right into our pupils,dont you think they should have looked for a different way of 'crying'? Or does the society later compensate the bereaved family for the destruction? ama how do they survive after that?

Some deals are like glass. Sometimes it's better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together.
Njunge
#4 Posted : Monday, May 18, 2009 8:34:00 AM
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@Wendz,

What?.....Compensate?....that 'crying' alone is half the story.........By the time they are through with burrying,any cow left standing would be so lucky.As for tsingokho,it's a massacre.


God gives,mugikuyu takes.
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Jalofg
#5 Posted : Monday, May 18, 2009 8:35:00 AM
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Sociologists say there is no superior culture..... but this is too backward

Jalofg
Sober
#6 Posted : Monday, May 18, 2009 9:22:00 AM
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We are talking of a region where food is never a problem here. You seem to be forgeting this.

A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing posibility.
African parents don't know how to say sorry.. the closest you will get to a sorry is a 'have you eaten'
Impunity
#7 Posted : Monday, May 18, 2009 1:26:00 PM
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You mean destroying food crop is crying?And from an honourable MPig!

Which is more dirty,the pig or Kenyan mp?
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Achiever
#8 Posted : Monday, May 18, 2009 1:43:00 PM
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sober

food a problem or not.......

how does destruction relate to mourning?


don't worry....be happy
ikonini
#9 Posted : Monday, May 18, 2009 1:56:00 PM
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hehe! i would love to be a neighbour when my lawn needs mowing!!

vyeeeka bwaana!!

nini iko????
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wazamali
#10 Posted : Monday, May 18, 2009 2:00:00 PM
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@Wendz

Culture is beautiful,and it is a way of life just like religion. If you begin to question religion or culture...it crumbles. We are human and each culture is unique and identifies us. Slashing bananas,trees,bushes etc,as a way of mourning just shows how deeply hurt we are by a particular death.

My Nigerian friends do similar things,it is not just constrained to Nyanza / Western provinces. It is African. Dont question it so much,it will die off slowly as the land we posess gets smaller and less productive




Chunga mali yako...
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