1.
If a man has sexual intercourse with an animal, that’s
a great taboo. That animal is to be slaughtered and eaten by elderly men who
are past the reproductive age to cleanse the man.
2.
A man having sexual intercourse with the mother,
his sister, step sister, aunt or a mother in-law is a taboo. If a man sleeps
with the fathers wife while the father is alive is attracting his father’s
death
3.
A man having sexual intercourse with another man
is a great taboo that has no way of cleansing. The two men are to fight until
one of them dies.
4.
A father having sexual intercourse with the
daughter or his son’s wife is great taboo but has a way of cleansing through
slaughter of a goat.
5.
An adult passes stool inside the house or the
doorstep is a great taboo. A fat goat (ngoima)
was to be slaughtered and eaten by old men who are past the reproductive age.
6.
If a man
has sexual intercourse with a woman on her monthly periods, it is a taboo.
7.
If a man falls down in his own compound, it is a
taboo. He has to be picked up with a he-goat.
8.
If a hyena or a fox is heard making noises outside
the home compound or the granary. Death has visited that household and there is
no way to cleanse the taboo. Someone must die.
9.
If a goat sucks the owner is a taboo. That goat
has to be given to the father or in-laws to be slaughtered and eaten.
10.
If a woman touches a man during her periods, it
is a great taboo. They have to be taken to a witch doctor, who makes them vomit,
then they get smeared with clay and washed in goats loose dung.
11.
If a man crosses over the husbands legs or body
is a taboo. They should not have sexual relations again and the only solution
is divorce.
12.
If a goat drinks water from the basin that is
used to bathe a child is a taboo. The goat is given to in-laws to be
slaughtered and eaten.
13.
If a fire stone injures a woman, it is a taboo.
The stone has to be thrown away.
14.
If the roof top (rutara) where fire wood was
kept fell down together with fire wood, that’s a taboo.
15.
If a woman has sexual relations with the husband
or any other person after the goats have gone for pasture (late in the
morning), that’s a taboo.
16.
If a baby’s shawl is left outside overnight, it
is a taboo. But it can be cleansed by striking it several times while asking it
“where did you spend the night!?”
17.
If a woman carries the remains of her child that
has passed on and had already been dedicated is a great taboo.
18.
If a father carries his child on the back, it is
a taboo.
19.
If a man carries the remains of a child that had
not been dedicated, it is a taboo.
20.
If a man touches a corpse of person unknown to
him or who is a not a relative, it’s a taboo. But if it’s a relative there is
no taboo. However his head has to be shaved to shave away death.
21.
If a child swallows a milk teeth from the upper
jaw, that’s a taboo. That child is considered a cabbage( stupid and worthless,
in kikuyu---KIUGU).
22.
It’s a taboo if a child is breastfed by any
other woman except the mother.
23.
If a man eats meat from an animal that does not
chew card, that’s a taboo.
24.
If a boy or a girl swings with the door is a
taboo. The child is inviting death to the parents
