Kenya's Kagan Kochia Traditional Dancers (2011 Luo dance video, information, and comments)

The Singing Wells project, Sep 8, 2014

Recorded and filmed on the 30th November 2011 at the Homa Bay hotel in Homa Bay, Nyanza, Kenya, as part of a field trip to record the music of the Luo.

You can read the field report from our visit here: http://www.singingwells.org/stories/day-12-homa-bay-and-the-kochia-dancers/ *

For more information, please go to: www.singingwells.org
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*This page includes brief  text accompanied by all of The Singing Wells project videos of Kochia traditional dances as well as group and individual photographs of those dancers.

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases a  2011 YouTube video of the Kochia Traditional Dancers 

This post presents information about the Luo ethnic group as well as information about the Kochia Traditional dancers.

Selected comments from the discussion threads for various YouTube videos of Kochia Traditional Dancers are also included in this post.

This content is presented for cultural, inspirational, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owner.

Thanks to all past and present members of Kenya's Kochia Traditional Dancers. Thanks to members of The Singing Wells project and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publisher of this video on YouTube.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE LUO (African ethnic group)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luo_people
"The Luo of Kenya and Tanzania are a Nilotic ethnic group native to western Kenya and the Mara Region of northern Tanzania in East Africa. The Luo are the fourth largest ethnic group (10.65%) in Kenya, after the Kikuyu (17.13%), the Luhya (14.35%) and the Kalenjin (13.37%).[1] The Tanzanian Luo population was estimated at 1.1 million in 2001 and 1.9 million in 2010.[2] They are part of a larger group of related Luo peoples who inhabit an area ranging from South Sudan, South-Western Ethiopia, Northern and Eastern Uganda, Northeastern DRC, South-Western Kenya and Northern Tanzania.[3]

They speak the Luo language, also known as Dholuo, which belongs to the Western Nilotic branch of the Nilotic language family. Dholuo shares considerable lexical similarity with languages spoken by other Luo peoples.[4]

The Luo descend from migrants who moved into western Kenya from Uganda between the 15th and 20th centuries in four waves. These migrants were closely related to Luo peoples found in Uganda, especially the Acholi and Padhola people. As they moved into Kenya and Tanzania, they underwent significant genetic and cultural admixture as they encountered other communities that were long established in the region.[5][6]

Traditionally, Luo people practised a mixed economy of cattle pastoralism, seed farming and fishing supplemented by hunting.[7] Today, the Luo comprise a significant fraction of East Africa's intellectual and skilled labour force in various professions. They also engage in various trades such as tenant fishing, small-scale farming, and urban work.[8]"...
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Here's information about the "Nilotic" referent:
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilotic_peoples
"The Nilotic peoples are peoples indigenous to the Nile Valley who speak Nilotic languages. They inhabit South Sudan, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, DR Congo, Rwanda and Tanzania.[1] Among these are the Burun speaking peoples, Karo peoples, Luo peoples, Ateker peoples, Kalenjin peoples, Datooga, Dinka, Nuer, Atwot, Lotuko and the Maa-speaking peoples.

The Nilotes constitute the majority of the population in South Sudan, an area that is believed to be their original point of dispersal. After the Bantu peoples, they constitute the second-most numerous group of peoples inhabiting the African Great Lakes region around the Eastern Great Rift.[2] They make up a notable part of the population of southwestern Ethiopia as well.

The Nilotic peoples primarily adhere to Christianity and traditional faiths, including the Dinka religion."...

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE KOCHIA TRADITIONAL DANCERS
From https://www.singingwells.org/groups/kochia-traditional-dancers/ 
"Music of the Luo

The Kagan Kochia dancers are a group of traditional dancers from the Rangwe Sub-County in Homa Bay, Kenya. The group has a strong history, being found in 1965, and since then its members have dedicated themselves to entertaining guests at countless national celebrations and holidays, private events, as well as internationally as part of the Folklife Festival in the UK and in the USA at the Smithsonian Folk Festival.

As well as this they are determined with their performance to preserve the incredible Ramogi dancing, a mainstay of traditional Luo culture. Ramogi was the patriarch of the Luo people, and this centuries-old dance is performed by mature men to beseech his spirit to possess them. Some moves of the dance represent the movements of birds, reflecting the ostrich feathers that the dancers wear.

Lead by Alfred Migure, they have built a reputation for themselves as one of the most exciting groups to perform traditional Luo music, with their vibrant regalia and dance moves to match. Their brightly coloured outfits (replacing the more traditional clay colours that dancers would adorn themselves with) are augmented by attention-grabbing ostrich feather headdresses (the ostrich, a symbol of beauty and courage, represents the courage they will need to entertain) and monkey fur. They are accompanied by drumming, and the Tung’, the Luo horn."

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM SEVERAL YOUTUBE DISCUSSION THREADS FOR VIDEOS OF THE KAGAN KOCHIA TRADITIONAL DANCERS

The discussion threads for these comments are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only.

Discussion thread #1
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iGUcQRLRp4&ab_channel=TheSingingWellsproject
Kochia Dancers - Philip Okundi - The Singing Wells Project

The Singing Wells project, Mar 27, 2012
1. mazomo, 2013
"We need more of this cultural dance, I remember kisumu show back in the seventies when they walked on stilts and had upto 50 performers doing those acrobatic moves, hitting the deck and leaning back shaking those shoulder feathers. Can we have more."

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2. Reply
celoh, 2019
"This new phone generation they don't have time ..just enjoy while you can"

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3. Hezron Owaka, 2013
"Ramogi .... Jowi! Jowi! Jowi!"

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4. Beegee Obi, 2013
"Ayayaya Ramogi kendeeee!!!!!"

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5. river nile bank nya om, 2018
"Beegee Obi 🤣🤣🤣 ramogi mapek!!

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6. Mwangi Gitau, 2013
"let go back to our roots. I'm going to reintroduce tero buro in my village!"

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Reply
7. river nile bank nya om, 2018
"Mwangi Gitau 🤣🤣🤣you not easy bro"

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8. Musée Rusé, 2019
"Which country is this dance from?"

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Reply
9. otieno oduor, 2020
"Kenya"

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Discussion thread #2
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwVlHnpw8Io&ab_channel=TheSingingWellsproject [embedded video]

1. Collins Orondo, 2018
"superb traditional attire,rich culture,nice song,love it."

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2.  Malitt Ishmael, 2020
"True Luo culture.  Kudos"

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Discussion thread #3
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAxAthJoofw&t=377s&ab_channel=KikwetuCulturalAdventures
Kagan Traditional Dancers - Performing Ramogi Dance during Kikwetu Cultural Adventures Festivals

Kikwetu Cultural Adventures, Feb. 27, 2020

1. Augustine Mboi,  2020
"i remember my childhood with this....i used to watch them at homabay stadium during every holiday...so cool guys"

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2. hotep 79, 2020
"This brought me to tears,I was taught that this is demonic, but now I'm woke and now know that this is who I am,these guys are from my hometown. I'll very soon make my way to Ramogi hill to confess my sins and reconnect to my ancestors, DOWN with these foreign religions!!!"

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The Origin & Meaning Of The Luo (East African) Name "Obama"

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series on Luo (East African) naming traditions.

Part II provides excerpts from online articles about the origin and meaning of the Luo name "Obama", with special focus on the genealogy of United States President Barack Obama.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/06/excerpts-from-selected-articles-about.html For Part I of this series. Part I provides an excerpt from an article about the Luo ethnic group as well as excerpts from selected articles about Luo naming traditions.

The content of this post is presented for etymological purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

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Part II
INFORMATION ABOUT THE NAME "OBAMA" (with special focus on United States President Barack Obama's descendents)

These articles are quoted in no particular order. Numbers are assigned for references purposes only.

Excerpt #1
From https://www.thoughtco.com/obama-last-name-meaning-and-origin-3860852 Obama Surname Meaning and Origin by Kimberly Powell, Updated March 03, 2017
"Obama is an ancient Kenyan surname, found most frequently among the Luo, the third largest ethnic group in Kenya. The surname is believed to be patronymic in origin, meaning "descendant of Obama." The given name Obama, in turn, derived from the root word obam, meaning “to lean or bend.”

Traditional African given names often reflect the circumstances at the time of the birth. Thus, the given name Obama may mean a child born "bent," such as with a crooked spine or limbs, or possibly refers to a breech birth.

Obama is also a Japanese word meaning "little beach."

Surname Origin: African

Surname Variations: OBAM, OBAMMA, OOBAMA, O'BAMA, AOBAMA,

WHERE DO PEOPLE WITH THE SURNAME OBAMA LIVE?

WorldNames publicprofiler indicates that individuals with the Obama last name are found in greatest numbers in the country of Japan, especially in the Okinawa and Kyushu regions. However, this site does not include data from Africa. Forebears.co.uk shows the highest distribution of the Obama surname to be in Cameroon, with the highest density in Equatorial Guinea, where it is the 10th most common surname. The name is next most common in Kenya, followed by Spain and France.

FAMOUS PEOPLE WITH THE SURNAME OBAMA
Barack Hussein Obama - 44th president of the United States

GENEALOGY RESOURCES FOR THE SURNAME OBAMA
Ancestry of Barack Obama
Learn about the deep African and American roots of Barack Obama. His African roots stretch back for generations in Kenya, while his American roots connect to Jefferson Davis.”

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Excerpt #2
From http://forums.canadiancontent.net/hot-topics/111274-what-meaning-name-obama.html "What is the meaning of the name 'Obama'?" B00Mer, Nov 8th, 2012
" "Obama" is a name from the Luo ethnic group of southwestern Kenya, where Barack Obama, Sr. was born. It was originally the given name of Barack Obama's great-grandfather. It is based on the Luo (technically, Dholuo, the name of the language of the Luo) word bam, which means "crooked, slightly bending."

The prefix O means "he," and many Luo male names begin with it. Since most traditional Luo names were given by the baby's mother referring to something about the child's birth, the best guess is that when Obama's great-grandfather was born, one of his arms or legs looked slightly bent.”...
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This article continue with the etymology of the names "Barack" and "Hussein” (the first name and the middle name of President Barack Obama.)

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Excerpt #3
From https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:bR8wLfqrEfIJ:blog.jaluo.com/%3Fp%3D764+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
[This site is no longer available except in this cached version.]

"Re: What does “obama” mean in Luo | Jaluo dot Kom
blog.jaluo.com/?p=764
Re: What does “obama” mean in Luo

3 Replies
Quoting marc bauer :

Dear Dr Odundo:

Would you please reply to this email? I am wondering what the word “obama” in Luo means. Would you please help me?

Thank you in advance.

Marc Bauer
[Great Falls Montana, United States of America]

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O – male
BA – father
MA – Mother

The original name came as a result of the cry of a young woman who was having her first child, and kept screaming for days while in labor, “Ba, Ma” in reference to her father and mother. It is not uncommon for a Luo woman or man in extreme pain to remember and call for their parents. The “O” at the beginning simply denotes that the child was male.

Odundo jaKarateng’

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Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 05:50:43 -0400
From: odundo@ . . .
Subject: Re: What does “obama” mean in Luo

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3 thoughts on “Re: What does “obama” mean in Luo”

achieng nya alego May 29, 2008 at 7:58 am
so if it was a girl it would it be Abama?

Okoth L. Sola May 29, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Obama.

Bam means bent or crooked.

Bama means bend me.

Obama would mean one who bends things. Just like Otiya- one who is aged, Odhera- one who is thin or Ochwea one who is fat.

I know of a bow legged person called Obama Nyopiyo because of the way he walks.

However some names are gotten from great great grand parents that i am not sure we can trace their original meanings.
Like Obado, Oselu , etc.

To emphasise their uniquiness, they dont have their feminine pairs.
Umesikia Mtu anaitwa ABAMA, ABADO, ASELU?

SOLA.

wuod omera April 30, 2009 at 11:31 pm
I concur with the meaning of the name obama to have connotations with being bent or crooked.no doubt being the name of the most powerful person on the planet it has aroused immense interest so let us who speak dhok not confuse the good people of the world who might be sitting at their computers doing Google searches on the meaning of ja alego’s name.of course the man belies the meaning of his name ,he being a straight arrow politician.

now , jothurwa ,i would like to ask the meaning of some of the following luo names:
1. Midika
2. Oronje
3. Agumba
I once knew friends with these surnames but never got to asking them about their meanings."
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I've not found this article's first explanation for the name "Obama" on any other website.

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Except #4
From Google books
Obama Senior. A Dream Fulfilled
By Donde, Fredrick
East African Educational Publishers, Aug 6, 2015

"The Obama Patriarchs [Chapter 2, begins on page 13]

Page 14
..."The Luo regarded the land as their mother, and the tribe as a whole was the proprietor of the land of the land within its jurisdiction. Within the tribe, clan, or sub-clan, the individual laid claim to a piece of land or several pieces depending on his diligence, but he used the land for the benefit of his family, only as long as he lived in the community; as soon as he left to live elsewhere the land reverted to the community and was allocated to the nearest neighbor or given to a newcomer joining that community.

Opiyo, the great- great- grandfather of [United States] President Obama thus located suitable land that he cleared for and claimed for himself. By the time he moved from Alego to Ka’ Rachuonyo, Opiyo had got married to two wives, one from Nyakach, and one from Mbita Wasaki, both in Nyanza. It was the latter who bore him his first born, a son that he named “Obama”, Mama Sarah explains. Obama son of Obiyo was born in Ka’ Rachuonyo.”...
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"Mama Sarah" is United States President Barack Obama's step-grandmother.
Here's information about "Mama Sarah" from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Onyango_Obama
"Sarah Onyango Obama (born 1920) is a Kenyan educator and philanthropist. She is the third wife of the paternal grandfather of U.S. president Barack Obama.[1] She is known for short as Sarah Obama; she is sometimes referred to as Sarah Ogwel, Sarah Hussein Obama, or Sarah Anyango Obama.[2] She lives in Nyang'oma Kogelo village, 30 miles west of western Kenya's main town, Kisumu, on the edge of Lake Victoria.[3][4][5]

Although she is not a blood relation, Barack Obama calls her "Granny Sarah".[2][6] Sarah, who speaks Luo and only a few words of English, communicates with President Obama through an interpreter."...

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Example #5:
From http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/opinion/24iht-edkristof.1.10333269.html
"Obama's Kenyan roots" By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOFDEC. 4, 2008
....[Barack] Obama's late grandfather is said to have been the first person in the area to wear Western clothes rather than just a loincloth. For a time he converted to Christianity and adopted the family name Johnson.

Later he converted to Islam, taking four wives. Obama's father, who apparently converted to Catholicism while attending a Roman Catholic school, was also polygamous in keeping with local custom, taking an informal Kenyan wife who preceded Obama's mother but remained a consort, according to accounts by local people and the senator himself.

The father, also named Barack Hussein Obama, was as much of a pathbreaker as his son. He went from herding goats in Kogelo to studying in Hawaii and at Harvard, even if his career as an economist was frustrated in part by ethnic rivalries.

Obama barely knew his father and does not know his Kenyan relatives well. He has visited Kenya three times, most recently very briefly in 2006."...
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This article doesn’t include the number of times that twice elected [former] President Barack Obama visited Kenya as of the date of this pancocojams’ post publication [June 1, 2016]

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Excerpt #6
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_Sr.
"Barack Hussein Obama Sr... 18 June 1936[2] – 24 November 1982) was a Kenyan senior governmental economist and the father of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States.

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Early life
Barack Obama Sr. was born in 1936 in Rachuonyo District[3] on the shores of Lake Victoria just outside Kendu Bay, British Kenya, at the time a colony and protectorate of the British Empire. He was raised in the village of Nyang'oma Kogelo, Siaya District, Nyanza Province.[14] His family are members of the Luo ethnic group.

His father was Onyango (later Hussein) Obama (c. 1895–1979), and his mother was Habiba Akumu Nyanjango of Karabondi, Kenya, Onyango's second wife. They had two daughters and a son together, Barack Obama (Sr).

After Akumu separated from Onyango and left the family in 1945, her three children were raised by Onyango's third wife, Sarah Ogwel of Kogelo.[5][15]

As a young man, the senior Obama traveled widely, enlisting in the British colonial forces and visiting Europe, India, and Zanzibar. There, Obama converted from Roman Catholicism to Islam and took the name Hussein. He became a cook for missionaries and a local herbalist in Nairobi.

[...]

Barack Obama Sr. Parent(s): Hussein Onyango Obama and Akumu Habiba[5]

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Excerpts from Selected Articles About Luo Naming Traditions (East Africa)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series on Luo (East African) naming traditions.

Part I provides an excerpt from an article about the Luo ethnic group as well as excerpts from selected articles about Luo naming traditions.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-origin-meaning-of-luo-east-african.html For Part II of this series. Part II provides excerpts from various online articles about the origin and meaning of the Luo (East African) name "Obama" with special focus on the genealogy of United States President Barack Obama.

The content of this post is presented for etymological purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

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Part I

INFORMATION ABOUT LUO [ETHNIC GROUP)
From http://www.kenya-information-guide.com/luo-tribe.html
"The Kenyan Luo tribe is a subgroup of the larger Luo community that spans across Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, Congo and Ethiopia.

The people of Kenya are comprised of 42 ethnic groups or tribes, each with its own unique values, skills, language and cultural practices.

The luo tribe is the third largest community in Kenya and makes up close to 13% of the entire population. History suggests that the Luo travelled along the River Nile from Sudan. They made entry into Kenya around 500 years ago and established settlements in the lands surrounding Lake Victoria- Africa’s biggest fresh water lake. Their arrival took place in phases.

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Political History of the Luo
Under British colonial rule, the Luo people did not have their land taken from them, unlike some other Kenyan tribes. The Luo community has been a key player in the Kenyan political scene since the pre-colonial times. Some of its favored sons in the pre-colonial and post-colonial period include...

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga
Being the first vice president of Kenya, he arguably was the biggest force in the Luo political landscape at the time. He was deemed to follow a communist approach and was an exact foil of the founding father Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. His differences with the president later led him to pioneer the birth of opposition politics in Kenya. Interestingly, the Luo community still continues to stage opposition politics today. He died in 1994.

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Kenya's other famous People from the Luo Tribe
Other well-known Luo people include Washington Jalang'o Okumu [and] James Orengo. Obama [Senior] - the late father of Barack Obama, the current president of the United States of America, was from the Luo tribe.

The Luo tribe has traditionally produced many scholars and other educated persons, including some who have graduated from very prestigious colleges around the world. As a result, Luo professionals are dominant in nearly every area of the Kenyan economy, business and government, serving as university professors, doctors, engineers and lawyers."...

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EXCERPTS FROM SELECTED ONLINE ARTICLES ABOUT LUO NAMING TRADITIONS
These articles are quoted in no particular order. Numbers are assigned for references purposes only.

Excerpt #1:
From https://www.villagevolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Luo-Cultural-Guide1.pdf
A Cultural Guide to the Luo People

"Introduction
Around the sixteenth century, the ancestors of the Luo began migrating from the Bahr alGhazal region, south of the Nile, finally settling on the eastern side of the Lake Victoria basin. They continued arriving in a steady stream until the nineteenth century. Practitioners of pastoralism, they spoke a western Nilotic language known as DhoLuo, which is distinct from the language spoken by their neighbors.

Currently, the Luo are the third most populous tribe in Kenya, comprising over 13% (2.8 million) of the country’s population and many of its most influential intellectual and political minds. Due to the supra-national states created during the scramble for Africa by European colonists in 1884-85, there is also a significant number of Luo people living in neighboring Uganda and Tanzania.

Culture
Culture permeates the daily life of the Luo. From the name one receives at birth, to the placement of one’s grave at death, culture and tradition dictate movements of the society. Because of countless deaths due to the AIDS virus, there are fewer and fewer elders to pass down customs, and the cultural fabric of the Luo society is unraveling.

An example of Luo culture, representative of life in Luoland, is the naming process of the Luo people. Luo names refer to forces or spirits that exist beyond the immediate presence of life on earth. When individuals are deceased, they are referred to as the spirits of the ancestors. The means by which children receive spirit names is tied directly to the position of the sun in relation to the earth when they are born. Different names carry different personality characteristics. So, when meeting a stranger on a dusty crossroad, one gains insight into the character of that person simply by learning the individual’s name.

Luos name their children at the time of day that they are born, for example: Atieno is a girl born at night, Akinyi is morning, Achien’g when the sun is high.

Akeyo is the name given during harvesting, and Apiyo and Adongo are twins, with Apiyo as the name of the first to be born. The first letter of a name also indicates gender: “A” signifies a woman, and “O” for a boy. For example, Otieno would be the name of a boy and Atieno for a girl, both of the same name.”...
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Excerpt #2
https://friendspioneer.wordpress.com/kenya/name-giving-traditions/ Naming-traditions

"Name giving traditions in the Luo- tribe
A Luo is given three names. A first name that now more and more often is an international name, as Joseph, Leonard, Florence etc. The second name depends on the conditions of the day or time of the day of birth. For example if it was an early morning or a rainy season. The day Obama was elected as a president, many children was given Obama as their second name!. The third name, the surname, is the fathers second name. Further on the second name starts with an A if it is a girl and an O if it is a boy. Take Josephs second name: Opiyo, which means fast, normally used for the first twin, but for Joseph he was an early born, only 6 months old he wanted to come out and start living, he even bounced down on the floor, he was that eager! But if it would have been a girl instead, the name would have been Apiyo.

Below we are explaining some of the names that our children have:
Achieng: Hot sun, midday
Adiambo: Evening
Owilli: Forgetful
Awiti: Thrown away
Okoth: Rainy
Oyoo: Season for rain, but also used as a Hallo!!
Akinyi: Morning
Amondi: Early morning
Okinda: Determined
Odello: Hungry
Atieno: Night
Onyango: Daytime”

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Example #3
From https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Luo_surnames
"Appendix: Luo surnames
Main category: Luo surnames
List of Luo Surnames:

Luo names follow an order pattern of (1) a Christian given name (these used at least for the past two generations), (2) a personal surname (selected from among over 50 "special" attributes, usually relating to the circumstances of a birth, see below), and (3) a patronymic, the child’s father’s personal surname (a woman assumes her husband’s at marriage). Thus, e.g., Valentine Odhiambo Pengo or Philomena Ogwang Odede.

The commonest Luo “personal surnames” are as follows (O- always indicates a male; A- indicates a female; about 85% of Luo names include one of these). The meaning is indicated, when well known and accepted.

By spelling distortion, “personal surnames” finishing by the “lo” letters can also be find with a double “l” as Akello for Akelo or Omollo for Omolo etc.

Agina
Adida
Obong'o/Abong'o -- Only child
Ahenda
Hera -- "Love"
Obama – Twisting
Obiero/Abiero -- born with the placenta (biero mean placenta)
Obonyo/[Abonyo] -- Born during locust infestation (Bonyo is locust)
Obura/Abura -- Born during a meeting (bura mean meeting)
Oburu/Aburu -- Born during a funeral (buru mean ash)
Obuo/[Abuo] -- Is a medicinal water plant
Ochanda/XXXXX -- Difficult birth (Same for male and female)
Ochieng’/Achieng’ -- Born with the sun shining (Born about Noon & after (12n –2pm)) (chieng' mean sun)
Ochola/Achola -- Born after the father’s death
Ochuka/[Achuka] --
Odede/[Adede] --
Odero/Adero -- Born during a during a period of abundance (dero mean a granary)
Odhiambo/Adhiambo -- Born in the afternoon (Born around dusk (3-6pm); Born in the evening; Born after sunset) (odhiambo mean afternoon)
Odhon’g/Adhon’g -- Very old name; Meaning "Fist"
Odek - Born when mother had gone to pick traditional vegetables from farm
Odika/[Adika] -- Something that Steps hard on the ground
Odinga - Luhya Origin
Odiwuor/Adiwuor -- Born at night Like Owuor/Awuor(11pm-2am)
Odondi/[Adondi] -- Quarrelsome
Odongo/Adongo -- Second born of a twin pair
Odoyo/Adoyo -- Born during weeding
Oduol/[Aduol] -- Born in the father's house (Duol)
Oero/Aero -- Very old name; Meaning "To Love"
Ogola -- Born outside the house, just under the eave
Ogol -- Remove
Ogolo --Striger weed
Ogot/[Agot] -- Born on a hill (Especially if the mother had taken a walk not expecting the child to come).
Ogutu/[Agutu] -- Born next to the traditional Luo Ugali Bowl (Called Ogutu or Hagudu)
Oigo/[Aigo] -- Wrestle with
Ojwang'/Ajwang' -- Born after father died
Ojuok -- Born by the intervention of a spirit (juok mean spirit)
Okelo/Akelo -- Born after a pair of twins or the third born of triplets
Okech/Akech -- Born in famine
Okeyo/Akeyo -- Born at harvest time
Okinyi or Okinyo/Akinyi -- Born at dawn (Born just after dawn (6am-10am); Male form rare
Okombo/[Akombo] --
Okomo/Akomo -- Born in prosperous times or during planting
Okongo/Akongo -- Born during celebration especially where alcohol brew is plenty
Okoth/Akoth -- Born during rainy season (koth mean rain)
Okumu/Akumu -- ‘Mysterious birth’: Conception after a birth, but before resumption of menses (kum mean punition)
Okungu/[Akungu] -- Born during the outbreak of caterpillars, which was also an indication of impending bumpler harvest.
Oloo/[Aloo] -- It's the luo name for Adam
Oludhe/[Aludhe] -- Provoking, as the case of Peninah to Hannah in the Bible
Oluoch/Aluoch -- Born during a cloudy season
Omolo/Amolo -- Born around dawn (4-6am)
Omole
Omondi/Amondi -- Born around dawn (6-10am). Mostly men, used interchangeably with Akinyi for women
Okoka/[Anoka] -- Luo for Enock
Ondiek - Monster or A wild animal especially the Leopard
Oneko/[Aneko] -- Mad or Wild
[Ong’ina]/Ang’ina -- Round
Ongonga/[Angonga] --
Onyango/Anyango -- Born in the early morning (Born before Noon (10am-12noon)
Ooko/Aoko -- Born out-of-doors (usually unintentionally!)
Ooro/Aoro -- Born during dry season (oro mean drought)
Opiyo/Apiyo -- First born of a twin pair
Opolo/Apolo -- Very old name; Meaning Heavenly
Opondo/Apondo -- born hidden (pregnancy was not visible)
Osano
Otieno/Atieno -- Born at night (7- 11pm) (otieno mean night)
Otiende/[Atiende] -- Luhya Origin
Ouma/Auma -- Infant delivered into a prostrate position on the ground
Owino/Awino -- Born with umbilical cord around neck (Born covered in meconium or caul)
Ounda
Ouko
Ochanda
Owiti/Awiti -- ‘Thrown out’: Mother disowns infant for difficult birth as an apotropaic gesture
Owuor or Odwuor/Awuor -- Born between midnight & 2am
Oyange/Ayange -- Very old name; Meaning Discovered"
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This page also includes a list of “Other Luo surnames, not following the “classic” pattern”

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Excerpt #4
From http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37912748 "Africa's naming traditions: Nine ways to name your child" By Adelaide Arthur, BBC News
30 December 2016

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Day and night
Among some groups in eastern and southern Africa, certain names are selected depending on the time of the day or season a child is born.

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Olweny means time of war (Luo)

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While the Luos are very specific:
Omondi (dawn)
Okinyi (morning)
Onyango (mid-morning)
Ochieng' (sunny midday)
Otieno (night)
Oduor (midnight)
Girls are given the same names but starting with an A instead of an O."

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Names For The Days Of The Week In Four Nilotic (African) Languages: Kalenjin, Luo, Maasai, and Turkana

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post provides information about Nilotic people and languages as well as information about and names for days of the week in four Nilotic languages: Kalenjin, Luo, Maasai, and Turkana.

This post is part of an ongoing pancocojams series that provides information about and lists for day names in various African languages. Click the "African languages days of the week" tag to find other posts in this ongoing series.

The content of this post is presented for linguistic, cultural, and educational purposes.

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Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT NILOTIC PEOPLE AND NILOTIC LANGUAGES
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilotic_peoples
"Nilotic peoples are peoples indigenous to the Nile Valley who speak Nilotic languages; this is a large sub-group of the Nilo-Saharan languages spoken in South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and northern Tanzania.[1] In a more general sense, the Nilotic peoples include all descendants of the original Nilo-Saharan speakers. Among these are the Luo, Sara, Maasai, Kalenjin, Dinka, Nuer, Shilluk, Ateker, and the Maa-speaking peoples, each of which is a cluster of several ethnic groups.[2]

The Nilotes constitute the majority of the population in South Sudan, an area that is believed to be their original point of dispersal. After the Bantu peoples, they constitute the second-largest group of peoples inhabiting the African Great Lakes region around the Eastern Great Rift.[2] They make up a notable part of the population of southwestern Ethiopia as well.

The Nilote peoples primarily adhere to Christianity and traditional faiths, including the Dinka religion.

Name
The terms Nilotic and Nilote were previously used as racial sub-classifications, based on anthropological observations of the distinct body morphology of many Nilotic speakers. Twentieth-century social scientists have largely discarded such efforts to classify peoples according to physical characteristics, in favor of using linguistic studies to distinguish among peoples. They formed ethnicities and cultures based on shared language.[3] Since the late 20th century, however, social and physical scientists are making use of data from population genetics.[4]

Nilotic and Nilote are now mainly used to classify "Nilotic people" based on ethnic identification and linguistic families. Etymologically, the terms Nilotic and Nilote (singular nilot) derive from the Nile Valley; specifically, the Upper Nile and its tributaries, where most Sudanese Nilo-Saharan-speaking people live.[5]

Ethnic/linguistic divisions
Languages

Linguistically, Nilotic people are divided into three sub-groups:
Eastern Nilotic - Spoken by Nilotic populations in southwestern Ethiopia, eastern South Sudan, northeastern Uganda, western Kenya and northern Tanzania. Includes languages like Turkana and Maasai.
Bari
Teso–Lotuko–Maa

Southern Nilotic - Spoken by Nilotic populations in western Kenya, northern Tanzania and eastern Uganda. Includes Kalenjin and Datog.

Kalenjin
Omotik–Datooga

Western Nilotic - Spoken by Nilotic populations in South Sudan, Sudan, northeastern Congo (DRC), northern Uganda, southwestern Kenya, northern Tanzania and southwestern Ethiopia. Includes Dinka and Luo.
Dinka–Nuer

Luo"...

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INFORMATION ABOUT & NAMES OF DAYS OF THE WEEK IN KALENJIN, LUO, MAASIA, and TURKANA
Kalenjin
Excerpt #1:
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalenjin_people
"The Kalenjin are a Nilotic ethnic group inhabiting much of what was the Rift Valley Province in Kenya. They are estimated to number a little over 4.9 million individuals as per the Kenyan 2009 census.[2] They include Kipsigis, Nandi, Tugen, Keiyo, Terik, Injems, Marakwet, Sabaot and Pokot sub Ethnic groups in Kenya."...

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Excerpt #2:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalenjin_languages
"The Kalenjin languages are a family of a dozen Southern Nilotic languages spoken in Kenya, eastern Uganda and northern Tanzania. The term Kalenjin comes from a Nandi expression meaning 'I say (to you)'. Kalenjin in this broad linguistic sense should not be confused with Kalenjin as a term for the common identity the Nandi-speaking peoples of Kenya assumed halfway through the twentieth century...

The Kalenjin languages are generally distinguished into four branches. There is less certainty regarding internal relationships within these.
Elgon (Sebei)
Nandi–Markweta (Kalenjin)
Okiek–Mosiro
Pökoot"

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Excerpt #3
http://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=entry_detail&uid=xtcujelrrj
Kalenjin days of the week
"Sunday: Kotisap (Kts, T)
Monday: Kotaai (Kot, T)
Tuesday: Koaeng’ (Koo, O)
Wednesday: Kosomok (Kos, S)
Thursday: Koang’wan (Koa, A)
Friday: Komuut (Kom, M)
Saturday: Kolo (Kol, L)"

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Luo
Excerpt #1:
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luo_peoples
"The Luo (also spelled Lwo) are several ethnically and linguistically related Nilotic ethnic groups in Africa that inhabit an area ranging from South Sudan and Ethiopia, through northern Uganda and eastern Congo (DRC), into western Kenya, and the Mara Region of Tanzania. Their Luo languages belong to the Nilotic group and as such form part of the larger Eastern Sudanic family.

Luo groups in South Sudan include the Shilluk, Anuak, Pari, Acholi, Balanda Boor, Thuri, Maban, and Luo of Dimo, and those in Uganda include the Alur, Padhola, and Joluo.

The Joluo and their language Dholuo are also known as the "Luo proper", being eponymous of the larger group. The level of historical separation between these groups is estimated at about eight centuries. Dispersion from the Nilotic homeland in South Sudan was presumably triggered by the turmoils of the Muslim conquest of Sudan.[citation needed] The migration of individual groups over the last few centuries can to some extent be traced in the respective group's oral history.

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Kenya and Tanzania

Between about 1500 and 1800, other Luo groups crossed into present-day Kenya and eventually into present-day Tanzania. They inhabited the area on the banks of Lake Victoria. According to the Joluo, a warrior chief named Ramogi Ajwang led them into present-day Kenya about 500 years ago.

As in Uganda, some non-Luo people in Kenya have adopted Luo languages. A majority of the Bantu Suba people in Kenya speak Dholuo as a first language and have largely been assimilated.

The Luo in Kenya, who call themselves Joluo (aka Jaluo, "people of Luo"), are the fourth largest community in Kenya after the Kikuyu, Kalenjin and Luhya. In 2010 their population was estimated to be 4.1million. In Tanzania they numbered (in 2001) an estimated 980,000 [1]. The Luo in Kenya and Tanzania call their language Dholuo, which is mutually intelligible (to varying degrees) with the languages of the Lango, Kumam and Padhola of Uganda, Acoli of Uganda and South Sudan and Alur of Uganda and Congo."...

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Excerpt #2:
From https://owlcation.com/humanities/Luo-language-of-Kenya-Conversation-Basics
"Days of the week: Luo

Mok tich – Monday (work day one)

Tich ariyo – Tuesday (work day two)

Tich adek – Wednesday (work day three)

Tich angwen – Thursday (work day four)

Tich a bich – Friday (work day five)

Chieng Nyasaye (sandei) – Sunday (Day of God)"

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Maasai
Excerpt #1:
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maasai_people
"The Maasai (Kenyan English: [maˈsaːɪ]) are a Nilotic ethnic group inhabiting southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. They are among the best known local populations due to their residence near the many game parks of the African Great Lakes, and their distinctive customs and dress.[3] The Maasai speak the Maa language (ɔl Maa),[3] a member of the Nilo-Saharan family that is related to Dinka and Nuer. They are also educated in the official languages of Kenya and Tanzania, Swahili and English. The Maasai population has been reported as numbering 841,622 in Kenya in the 2009 census,[1] compared to 377,089 in the 1989 census.[4]

[...]

History
The Maasai speak a Nilo-Saharan language. They inhabit the African Great Lakes region and arrived via the South Sudan.[8] Most Nilotic speakers in the area, including the Maasai, the Samburu and the Kalenjin, are pastoralists, and are famous for their fearsome reputations as warriors and cattle-rustlers.[8] Like the Bantu peoples of the region, the Maasai and other groups in East Africa have adopted customs and practices from the neighboring Cushitic-speaking groups, including the age set system of social organization, circumcision, and vocabulary terms.[9][10]"...

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Excerpt #2
From http://ilanguages.org/maasai_vocabulary.php
Days of the week
"Monday: Kazi nabo(from swahili kazi)
Tuesday: Kazi are (from swahili)
Wednesday: kazi uni
Thursday: Kazi ogwuan
Friday: Kazi emiete
Saturday: Kazi Eile
Sunday: Kazi navishana"
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The Swahili word "kazi" means "work". Used here the word "kazi means "work day".

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Turkana
Excerpt #1:
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkana_people
"The Turkana are a Nilotic people native to the Turkana District in northwest Kenya, a semi-arid climate region bordering Lake Turkana in the east, Pokot, Rendille and Samburu people to the south, Uganda to the west, and South Sudan and Ethiopia to the north. They refer to their land as Turkan.
According to the 2009 Kenyan census, Turkana number 855,399, or 2.5% of the Kenyan population, making the Turkana the third largest Nilotic ethnic group in Kenya, after the Kalenjin and the Luo, slightly more numerous than the Maasai, and the tenth largest ethnicity in all of Kenya....

The language of the Turkana, an Eastern Nilotic language, is also called Turkana; their own name for it is ŋaTurkana or aŋajep a ŋaTurkana.

The Turkana people call themselves ŋiTurkana (The Turkana). The name means the people of Turkan."...

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Excerpt #2
From https://archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_tuv_detail-2/rosettaproject_tuv_detail-2_djvu.txt "Culture and Language of the Turkana, NW Kenya"
"he Days of the Week

Originally, the Turkana did not use the days of the week in the European sense. This classification is an artificial innovation created by the British administration. Previous to this time the month was divided into moons making possible the exact calculation of the days of the week. I shall not attempt to explain this very complex system which is still being used by the older generation.

Akwar naekingaren the first day (Monday)

Alomar nangarei the second day (Tuesday)

Akwar nangauni the third day (Wednesday)

Akwar nangomon the fourth day (Thursday)

Akwar nangakan the fifth day (Friday)

Akwar nangakan-ka-apei the sixth day (Saturday)

Akwar nangakan-ka-arei the seventh day (Sunday)"

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Acholi (Luo) Traditional Dancing (Uganda)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post features seven videos of Ugandan Acholi (Luo) music and dancing.

[Revised January 9, 2016 to add information about Acholi and to add two videos because the previously elected videos were no longer available.]

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACHOLI
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acholi_people
"Acholi (also Acoli) is a Luo Nilotic ethnic group from Northern Uganda (an area commonly referred to as Acholiland), including the districts of Agago, Amuru, Gulu, Kitgum, Nwoya, Lamwo, and Pader; and Magwe County in South Sudan. Approximately 1.17 million Acholi were counted in the Uganda census of 2002, and 45,000 more were living in South Sudan in 2000.[1]

...Its current population is estimated to be around 600,000 individuals, or four per cent of the total national population.[4] While Acholi also live north of the South Sudanese border, the Sudanese Acholi are often excluded from the political meaning of the term "Acholiland"...

The word 'Acholi' is a misnomer that became adopted for convenience over the years. It refers to people known locally as Luo Gang. That is why the Lango neighbours refer to the Acholi as Ugangi, meaning people of the home."

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FEATURED VIDEOS
These videos are presented in chronological order based on the year that they were posted on YouTube with the oldest videos given first.

Example #1: Luo Cultural Dance Part 4 of 15



Edpiloya, Uploaded on Mar 29, 2008

Another Clip from the LuoTube (www.luomusicdistributors.com/videos). Luo Cultural Dance video called (Acholi Ki Ker Megi). Captured Live
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Here's a comment from this video;s viewer comment thread. WARNING: Some comments on this video’s discussion thread contain profanity and sexually explicit language.
Kphilj, 2008
I love Luo traditional music and dance... Absolutely superb! Please never let this music and traditions disappear!!!

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Example #2: Luo Traditional Dancers (Susana's Wedding) - acholinetwork.com



edpiloya, Uploaded on May 13, 2010
Great music video done at a wedding ceremony by Geoffrey Twongweno. This video is taken from the latest album compiled with over 30 songs by Geoffrey. The video will be available for sale on Acholinetwork.com. Visit so you don't miss out.

Selected comments from this video's viewer comment thread:
susanKalokwera, 2010
"I knew this song was called IRENE SUSANA but when i searched for it they said that there is know such thing as a song called IRENE SUSANA!"

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Pentracy, 2011
"Wao the source of the Nilotic Group was in Sudan and were 3 groups according to my P3 history the river lake LUO, plain and highland. And that's how Luo settled to shore of Lake victoria because they were farmers and fishermen and we have Luo in UG/Kenya, Tz and Ethiopia. somebody can correct/add if i missed something out"

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Imelda O, 2013
in reply to pentracy
"Actually 4 groups not 3 and nilotes are a much larger group of different tribes with similar characteristics. The luo were divided into the jokajok, jokowiny,jokomollo,luo abasuba, where as the migration groups were nilotes, cushites,bantus and semites."

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Alfredo Bucko1, 2013
"all of you are really wonderful,lovely luo bros and sisters. by the way we have luo people in ethiopia too they too have beautiful music .the anyuak luo of ethiopia check it out too.for those of you who did not understand the words .the song is just about how worthy the bride is in simple terms.apwoyo matek."

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Example #3: Jahria Okwera (Bila Pa Lukwiya)



DirePRwotAwich Uploaded on Aug 25, 2010

The horn of Lukwiya.
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Here’s a comment from this video’s discussion thread:
Peter Muroyi, 2013
the tune and dance is very much like that of the shangaan of South Africa... great

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Example #4: Mwel Bwola (Acholi Royal Dance)

Embedding disabled by request.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpYzQknU7AI

Te Kal Acholi, Uploaded on Oct 17, 2010

This Acholi traditional dance is performed to welcome and entertain Achoil royalty Rwot (King)

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Example #5: Dances of Acholi: Ajere.mp4



johannesfilm83, Published on Mar 12, 2012

Ajere - the traditional way of flirtation. The Ajere is one of the less known dances of Acholi. It is a courtship dance. Meaning that this dance would give an opportunity for young Acholis to demonstrate their interest in a potential partner. David Opio is the leader of the Ker Kal Kwaro Acholi Cultural Group that you see in this video.

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Example #6: Racheal & Eric Traditional Wedding Song



Eric Gechure, Published on Oct 9, 2012

Traditional Acholi wedding between Racheal Aye and Eric Gechure

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Example #7: Acholi Dancing in Rackoko, Pader district, Uganda - IMG 0076



Geoff Walker, Published on Oct 6, 2013

Traditional dancing at the celebration of a chief Francis Odida
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Here are two comments from this video’s discussion thread:
Gibbs Jakatiga, 2014
"Us Luo-Kenya we've lost a lot of that beautiful Luo culture."

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Twon Dako, 2014
“If ur listening to and watching this video and u had not heard the Acholi signature drum beat thru-out the song/video, then the lady in black and red behind the lady in green at time 1:45 definitely draws your attention to that signature. Its the only reason I watch this video and I watch it over and over and over and over...like every flipping day...I wish the camera had focussed more on her....And then when she finishes that particular dance style she turns around as if nothing just happened-but you can also hear her saying "Ah! "I really enjoyed that one!"

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Ugandan Singer Dr Phoebe Abe - "Oprah" & "Naomi Campbell" (Acholi Songs & Dances)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases two songs by Dr Phoebe Abe. Both of these songs refer to two Acholi (Luo) females, one who is named after a Black female celebrity from the United States and one who is named after a Black female from the United Kingdom.

This post provides some information about Dr. Phoebe Abe's foundation and also includes selected comments from these YouTube videos' discussion thread.

The content of this post are presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

I'm particularly interested in the dances that are shown in these videos, and especially in the females dancing while balancing a number of clay pots on their head.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Dr. Phoebe Abe for singing these songs. Thanks also to all those who are featured in these videos, those who are quoted in this post, the video producers, and the publishers of these videos on YouTube.

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INFORMATION ABOUT DR. ABE'S FOUNDATION
From http://www.drabefoundation.com/
"The primary aim of The DR ABE FOUNDATION is to support young people, especially single mothers and widows, by investing in their education and empowering them.

Acholi Heart Beat [AHB] is a dancing, singing, acting and performing charity organization founded by Dr. Phoebe Arach Abe Okwonga, (a medical practitioner in Great Britain) in July 2003.The members consist of students who are mostly orphans, teachers and villagers (people living in internally displaced peoples camps)."...

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FEATURED VIDEOS
Dr Phoebe Abe (Oprah)



DirePRwotAwich, Uploaded on Aug 22, 2010

Oprah has chosen to marry Akem
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Selected comments from this video's viewer comment thread. These comments are presented in chronological order based on the year that they were posted to this discussion thread with the oldest comments posted first.

From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtySH2CHImw

Mary W Goler, 2012
"This is one of my favorites. I love the way Luo tribe people dance and this song guaranteed to leave you smile. Simple things make happy. Please, comment if you like it"
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Note: The Acholis are also called "Luos".

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ric ricland, 2012
"Could someone provide some background infomation? Who are these people? What country, etc?"

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in reply to ric ricland
jauze2, 2012
"they look like the acholi tribe of south sudan but originally from northern uganda judging by the colors of their feathers(ugandan country colors). its a nice song."

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in reply to ric ricland

CELEBRATING AFRICA, 2012
"@ricland these are acholis from northeren uganda "

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Micah Kenyi, 2013
"This is very traditional, enticing and reflects more of the cultures of the people of South Sudan. Brings into memory the richness of the traditional culture that is embedded in the people's culture in South Sudan. Also reminds me in particular of the bye gone days of my venture and journey into Uganda attracted by................. Oh, yes those beautiful moments"

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OpioChris, 2013
in reply to delagrazia
"I know this area very well; the clothing is traditional, but the tune is synthetic. The local instruments do not sound like these ones. The women are performing in a traditional way."

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Susan Go-Deos, 2013
"I love everything about this video but it's not a fair play. More focus on Akem's happiness and how Oprah should do all to make Akem happy- Where do you put Oprah's happiness??? There is a missing link with the current situation where culture is dynamic. - A woman deserves happiness as well. I know there many women who will agree with me in this part of the world. Great dance though.&

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Example #2: Dr Abe tribute to Naomi Campbell



Wilson Okwonga, Published on Apr 9, 2012

Acholi from Northern Uganda
Acholi Heartbeat dancers
Performing:Carrying Traditional clay pots of Acholi people
Larakaraka dance (youth dance)
Naomi is wearing Ceno traditional outfit
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Here are two comments Selected comments from this video's viewer comment thread.
MUSE93, 2012
"Nice. It's incredible how the girls can carry those clay pots. Great video"

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Wilson Okwonga, 2013
in reply to annalarosa
"Thank you very much Much appreciated by those children in the Northern Uganda they lived all their lives in the camps They will be happy to know that you appreciate their efforts."

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