kenmac wrote:@insurgent, i am afraid you have to substantiate your claims. after 30% of the world was said to be otherwise,in another thread.
got this gem from paul kukubu , what you are saying is very true. A kihii is a boy who has not gone through an adulthood ritual (Not just cutting of foreskin). Once you go through such aritual, you behave like an adult. The impact the ritual has on you is what matters, not jsut the removal of a piece of dirty skin. A Jaluo on the other hadn has discarded his childish to adulthood rituals such as removal of teeth which came with teachings etc. The boys in Luo land grow up like maize stalk, tehy never know when they become mature for adulthood, they have no mentors. Wha t you would call mentors are cartoons who have been installed as elders without a ritual process. you are given an artire which you wear on that day but you don't evern keep it. With asians, red indians etc, they have there rituals which they perform, some even more severe than removal of foreskin. Stop thinking like a jaluo.
"One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed." Rev Canon Karanja.