Taveta

Tavetas are popularly known as agriculturists and for their skills as smithies and craftsmen

Kenyan Arabs

• A large percentage of the Kenyan Arabic population dwells in the coastal area.
• Coastal Arab villages consist of tiny houses that are situated closely together. The nature of the villages reflects the closeness of the families
• The Arabs are considered to be modest and this is apparent in their dressing. Women mostly wear diraqs, burkhas and hijabs to show their modesty.
• Arabs in Kenya are 99% Muslim and follow Islamic teachings and celebrate holidays special to the religion
• Arabic dance and song is popular among the Islamic majority in Kenya and Swahili songs borrow from this as well

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

Kamba

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• The Akamba are well known for their crafts. Particularly creative wood carvings and ornaments which are sold locally and to tourists as well
• Popular cuisines among the Kamba people are the pounded grains particularly Maize locally known as Muthokoi