lunes, 11 de mayo de 2020
Seventh day
When we woke up, we all had a mix of sensations in the body,
because we knew that it was going to be our last day with the Luos and
that the next day we would return to the capital to take a flight and go home.
This was going to be the last day of our adventure.
because we knew that it was going to be our last day with the Luos and
that the next day we would return to the capital to take a flight and go home.
This was going to be the last day of our adventure.
We had breakfast with the Luo, while the oldest people of the tribe told us stories
that our guide was translating to us.
When they were young it was a tradition to remove six of the lower teeth to indicate
that children became men.
Fortunately that habit disappeared a lot of years ago.
that our guide was translating to us.
When they were young it was a tradition to remove six of the lower teeth to indicate
that children became men.
Fortunately that habit disappeared a lot of years ago.
The morning passed quickly as we listened to the stories and learned more about them, until,
in the afternoon, after eating, we were invited to go fishing with them.
in the afternoon, after eating, we were invited to go fishing with them.
It was a pretty fun and interesting experience and in the end, with a lot of effort,
we were able to catch one fish each.
we were able to catch one fish each.
At nightfall, we ate kuon, which is a kind of white pasta made of cornmeal and accompanied by fish.
It was very good.
The night passed quietly and we went to bed early,
because the next day we would begin our journey back.
It was very good.
The night passed quietly and we went to bed early,
because the next day we would begin our journey back.
Sixth Day
After to be enjoying with the Kikuyu tribe, we decided to go to Victoria lake.
The lake´s area is divided among three countries; Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
When we arrived there, we decided to have breakfast next to the lake while we are waiting the local guide. He was going to show us the village and different things about luo tribe.
The first vision is of women selling fish on the shore. They explain to us that most men drink a lot and smoke marijuana, so they fish and the children take care of each other.
The Luo Tribe is one of thefew tribes who don't do circumcision in Africa.
Talking about their culture, the guide told us that Obama´s father belonged to this tribe.
Now is moment of having dinner fish what they usually eat. While we are having dinner we tell them that we were with the kikuyu tribe two days ago, what causes one minute of tension due to the fact that kikuyu and luo tribes were at war for many years.
After this uncomfortable moment, they explain to us that kikuyu tribe killed many of their relatives. Although, they have already established peace between tribes.
Finally, we go to sleep after a very intense day where we have continued learning.
Fourth Day
So, after the great experience that we had with the masais our expectations were very high with the Kikuyu. They are the biggest ethnic group in Kenya, even their president is one of them!
We followed …….. through the rift valley.The scenery was really amazing. I hate to admit it, but I was pretty scared that some wild animal would show up and we’d have an accident, but fortunately nothing happened. I have always wondered how those tribes avoid the animals, so I asked the boys and we tried to guess.
When we arrived we saw a large fence made with hawthorn branch, surprisingly Cristobal was right so, point for you :)
If you think about it it has a lot of sense because animals get hurt with the spines so they go away. The view was very interesting. There were quite a few huts, made of dung and chaff, placed randomly on the ground (no, it doesn’t smell that bad). The women were spread around them doing different tasks while the children ran half naked in some kind of game. The most important men in the tribe were waiting for us.
We were received by the spokesman of the group, he said that we were welcome and he showed us the shack in which we were going to spend the night. We noticed that all the doors were pointing in the same direction, towards Mount Kenya. This is because they believe that their god Ngay lives on this mountain. They still go up from time to time to celebrate sacrifices when there are problems.
He also told us that later, when it got dark, they were going to have a kind of party, where we would have meat for dinner and they would show us some of their typical dances, which we thought was a good idea.
And it was, the meet was made in some kind of barbeque and it was delicious, but i’m not sure about what kind of meet it was, i hope it was goat. After the dinner they show us some of their typical songs, surprisingly, they were very beautiful, we tried to understand something but it was impossible .
They told us that maybe tomorrow they can show us some typical dances, i´m very excited for it. So now, we are going to sleep, and lets see what happens tomorrow.
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