The recent Piny Luo Festival held in Siaya County to usher in the new year brought together the Luo communities from Ethiopia, DR Congo, South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania in a cultural ...

Sons who worked away from the villages have contributed to the erosion of Luo funeral rites, elders believe. This has been complicated by changing religious beliefs. Some elders from Ugenya in Siaya ...

The tragic news of Taiwanese star Luo Peiying’s passing earlier this month came as a shock to many. She had been found dead in her home on August 3, with the police ruling out foul play. Peiying, who ...

FUNERAL RIGHTS. The thousands of Luo tribe members marched, singing, to a river. They threw ashes and a slaughtered rooster into the water and tribal elders called on evil spirits to leave the area.

In the Luo tradition, death is not an end but a passage. The funeral, or liel, is a sacred journey that ushers the soul into the world of the ancestors.

When it comes to burials, none can be compared to our brothers from the lakeside and Luhya land where elaborate rituals are the name of the game. Also, to some, it’s ‘show time’. Women show off their ...

Speaking during the funeral service of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) in Bondo, Randa said the community must remain ...