Taita

• The Taita people are settled in the taita hills which were the focus for religious activity and there are huge Rocks (Magamba), and caves known as 'Mbanga' that were considered very sacred places for the dead and for worship. Many groups still preserve their former sacred sites intact, where the skulls of the deceased are placed as reminders of the presence of the ancestors, and of the obligation owed by the living to the dead.
• Traditionally, the Taita people liked expressing themselves in music. They had many interesting forms of traditional dances, the most fascinating of which was the spirit-possession dances called Mwazindika.
• Their popular traditional cuisines include Kimanga (a mashed combination of beans plus either cassava, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, or bananas accompanied by mbangara, a Taita traditional drink made out of sugarcane, corn or cassava

Galjeel

Live in scattered groups as hunters and gatherers

Somali

• The Somali people are mostly Muslim and adhere to most of Islam rituals and way of life. Somali culture is also very Arab- influenced
• Most of the somali community in Kenya are known for their pastoral way of life and in modern days they have ventured more into businesses
• The Somali were traditionally known for their male craft specialists, who made attractive artefacts and objects useful for their daily lives.
•  Somali men typically wear the macawis (ma'awiis), which is a sarong-like garment worn around the waist and a large cloth wrapped around the upper part of their body. On their heads, they often wrap a colorful turban. Somali women typically wear baatiwhich isa long dress-like wear that is made out of polyester. They often wear headwrap or Hijabs in compliance with their Islamic beliefs.
• Additionally, henna is an important part of Somali adornment. It is worn by Somali women on their hands, arms, feet and neck during weddings, Eid, Ramadan, and other festive occasions.
• Somali weddings are filled with Pomp and colour with the bride being adorned in gold
• Somali cuisine is popular in Kenya, particularly the Anjeera and Halwa

Mijikenda Tribes

• The Mijikenda are a coastal tribal group made up of nine subtribes
• The Mijikenda are known for the preservation of their traditional religion.Each of the Mijikenda groups has a sacred forest, a kaya, which is a place of prayer. Eleven of the approximately 30 kaya forests have been inscribed together as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests
• Mijikenda people are also known for creating wooden kigango funerary statues which have been displayed in museums around the world and sold in the international art market.The ‘vigango’ and koma are erected after someone's death, to honour them.
• The preservation of their culture and beliefs is attributed to how they have incorporated the myth of their origins, as well as a description of their kaya-based, stratified social structure, into a written record of their culture, which is passed on to their children.
• Mijikenda dancers perform their exhilarating dances in various events today, attracting both domestic and international tourists in festivals celebrating the coastal cultures