44 Tribes of Kenya

Konso

Konso Cultural Landscape has been recognized by UNESCO as a heritage centre Konso sites feature wooden statues - grouped to repr...

Taita

The Taita people are settled in the taita hills which were the focus for religious activity and there are huge Rocks (Magamba), an...

Kenyan Asian tribe

Asians living in Kenya are descended from South Asian migrantswhowere brought to Kenya as part of the workforce from British India

Bulji

The Bulji traditional beliefs are being wiped of as the minority tribe is adding a modern twist to their cultural practices

Konso

Konso Cultural Landscape has been recognized by UNESCO as a heritage centre
Konso sites feature wooden statues - grouped to represent respected members of their communities and particularly heroic events
The Konso follow their indigenous traditional beliefs that is shared with the Oromo

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

Asians living in Kenya are descended from South Asian migrantswhowere brought to Kenya as part of the workforce from British India
They practice mostly Hinduism and sunniislam religion
Asian food from Indian curries to Thai food is very popular in Kenyan eateries
Indians celebrate a lot of their cultural holidays in Kenya such as Diwali

The Bulji traditional beliefs are being wiped of as the minority tribe is adding a modern twist to their cultural practices

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