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
Very nice. I have a question though. Was it the man or woman who when she fell by the granary was supposed to be picked up by the slaughter of a goat?
ReplyDeleteEither of them
DeleteVery nice. I have a question though. Was it the man or woman who when she fell by the granary was supposed to be picked up by the slaughter of a goat?
ReplyDeleteThe Kikuyu are the largest ethnic group in Kenya. Mother tongue of Kikuyu people is Bantu Kikuyu language. Approx 17% of Population of kenya is Kikuyu people. Mythically, the nation of the Agĩkũyũ came from two original parents who were created by God, namely Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi. The word Gĩkũyũ means 'a huge sycomore tree. The Kikuyu people of Kenya have a very specific way of naming their children. The first born son is always given the same name as his paternal grandfather. The second son is always given the name of the maternal grandfather. If the mother of the child came from a single-parent home, she may name him after her own grandfather.Following the same naming pattern, the first daughter is given the name of her paternal grandmother and the second daughter is named after her maternal grandmother. Subsequent boys are named after their paternal and maternal uncles alternately. The next girls are named after their paternal and maternal aunties alternately.
ReplyDeleteHere is nice video of George Muhoho:
http://www.babynamescube.com/kikuyu-baby-names
Is it a taboo for one to marry his cousin?
ReplyDeleteyes, your cousin is your sister or brother.
Deleteyes, your cousin is your sister or brother.
DeleteGet down to true teachings funga hii kanisa.
ReplyDeleteIs It possible for aman from Uganda to marry kikuyu lady and what are some of the steps to take
ReplyDeleteCan brothers marry from one family ..imean sisters
ReplyDeleteIf the man has children with more than one woman, the same naming pattern apply? I mean have his second son( first son of the second woman) to be named after his father?
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot. Wengi wetu ni born town. Can a husband have sexual intercourse when his son is healing from circumcision?
ReplyDeleteWhat happens if a kikuyu man having an affair with another woman while his wife is pregnant , what was supposed to be done
ReplyDeleteI dated a girl for 6 months,n we broke up.now her cousin wants me to marry her(cousin).is it a taboo?
ReplyDeleteI dated a girl for 6 months,n we broke up.now her cousin wants me to marry her(cousin).is it a taboo?
ReplyDeleteSo,my friends uncle married a woman who had a daughter, so he is not the biological father. My friend went ahead and had sex with the daughter, who is now his cousin. Is it a bad thing? Given that the two are not related by blood?
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