Customs and Traditions of the Meru
Author | : Daniel Nyaga |
Publisher | : East African Publishers |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Folk songs, Bantu |
ISBN | : 9789966460486 |
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Author | : Daniel Nyaga |
Publisher | : East African Publishers |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Folk songs, Bantu |
ISBN | : 9789966460486 |
Author | : Tarcisio F. B. Gichunge And ISAAC KAURA NGORE |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 179 |
Release | : 2020-05-27 |
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Meru People were created by God somewhere (in the Holy Bible in the Garden of Eden) and they lived there until the day they crossed the Red Sea into Egypt where they lived until the day they were forced out of Egypt by some enemy. The fact is that, Ameru people were the original inhabitants of Egypt and the builders of the Pyramids (Mbiira in Kimeru language). Due to their expertise, they were chased out of Egypt by the Libyan mercenaries and Mohammedans when they invaded Egypt to spread their Muslim religion around AD 750.When Ameru left Egypt, they left in a hurry and out of pressure and fear, because they never wanted to be traced by the enemy. That is why in Egypt, no one knows for sure who were the original inhabitants of Egypt even today. On their way, they encountered many, many hardships and many generations died on the way (in the wilderness) with all the knowledge they had acquired in Egypt. The had to start from the scratch to gain some knowledge once again.At last, they traveled through Sudan, Uganda, Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Mtito Andei in Kenya to Manda Island (Mboa) around AD 910. There they lived in peace until the day they were once again disturbed by a new enemy they called NGUUNTUNE (red clothes), the Portuguese, who started to hunt them for slaves to export to America.When the new enemy subdued the community and started to make harsh demands upon the people, they decided to escape from the Island and seek new homes elsewhere. That was around AD 1560's when they succeeded to escape out of the Island after which they found their way to Meru, their present home.Their journey from Mboa to Meru was another difficult journey that fatigued the community where many of their giants and men of valor perished in defense of their people against the wild animals that teamed the region. It is at that region where they encountered some enemies who teased them and gave them courage to fight on for existence.Finally, they reached Meru region where they settled and found peace to share in their different sub tribes and clans. Today, Meru community are social and hospitable people who can be relied upon by other communities. Their history is open and interesting to read. Read to know why, how and when they settled in their lovely Home Lands.
Author | : Alfred M. M'Imanyara |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Bantu-speaking peoples |
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Author | : Ellen Pearlman |
Publisher | : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2002-12 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9780892819188 |
From the time Buddhism entered the mythical land of the snows, Tibetans have expressed their spiritual devotion and celebrated their culture with dance. This book--lavishly illustrated with color and rare historic photographs depicting the dances, costumes, and masks--is the first to explore the significance and symbolism of the sacred and secular ritual dances of Tibetan Buddhism.
Author | : Michael Jindra |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2011-09-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0857452061 |
Across Africa, funerals and events remembering the dead have become larger and even more numerous over the years. Whereas in the West death is normally a private and family affair, in Africa funerals are often the central life cycle event, unparalleled in cost and importance, for which families harness vast amounts of resources to host lavish events for multitudes of people with ramifications well beyond the event. Though officials may try to regulate them, the popularity of these events often makes such efforts fruitless, and the elites themselves spend tremendously on funerals. This volume brings together scholars who have conducted research on funerary events across sub-Saharan Africa. The contributions offer an in-depth understanding of the broad changes and underlying causes in African societies over the years, such as changes in religious beliefs, social structure, urbanization, and technological changes and health.
Author | : Tarcisio F. B. GICHUNGE And RICHARD A. GITONGA |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 117 |
Release | : 2020-09-11 |
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Because writers are progressive and responsive, they stick to their routine in search of more information to justify their thinking. They therefore peruse existing records and compare, relate and analyze them to come up with fresh assumptions and conclusions. By doing so, they open up fresh topics for discussions and debates by the contemporary parties. That is how history is made and recorded in its chronicles.Ameru writers and authors in the past have lauded Meru History on the basis of "probably and possibly," "may be or perhaps," "this and that happened" in the making of history." By doing that, they have kept the flame burning for the subject to remain open to the historians who will come after they have left the scene. Those who come after them will never complain that they found an empty field to play their ball.On the other hand, our source of information while writing and editing this book has been well searched, selected, read very deeply, understood and thoroughly analyzed for inclusion to enlighten the interested readers to learn about Meru History and its Cultural Anthropology. However, we would wish our readers to understand that our information is comparable to a Radio announcer who gives you his information by sound only while the TV presenter gives you sound and pictures leaving you to become a potato in a sufuria ready to be cooked! Our information is from surviving and focused persons aged 100 years and above. People who were there in 1918 and beyond; thus, those who saw it and remembers it happening. Those who had listened to their grandfathers' and great grandfathers' fictions and non-fiction tales. These can relate and delete what is useless for our generations now seeking knowledge in our time. Their willingness to give information is not motivated by want of money, but pure urge to preserve our culture and traditions for our generations to come.In this case, this book gives you the clues while it leaves you at liberty to inquire, investigate, query, examine, explore and probe those contents to make your own conclusions about any topic of your choice. For your information History is for the continuation and perpetuation readers. That is why in Meru, there is a Kimeru idiom (Ntemi) that says, "Wijie ni wiiri (102)" meaning that, he who knows has been told. We kindly urge you to read to qualify as one of those "who are told," among the Kenyans.It is imperative to repeat here that, as we write, there are those who are "Jealous" in what is happening, because they wish they were the ones writing, but they have no time to spare to write anything. What is happening, is the writing our Meru History. People are now waking up from their deep slumber! They are disputing what is written, which of course is healthy, but beyond that they are in limbo! But while they remain in limbo, the History of Ameru is being forgotten very fast, if we were all to follow their example. "WE are writing for our generations" and that is our motto. That motto keeps us glowing and radiant, so that, when we die, "we will peacefully die empty-handed." WE, will not go into our graves with all our Knowledge. Remember that, there are noise makers who write good articles in News Papers that go into waste as soon as they are read. We consider these kind of people to be pedestrians in this world of generous historians who freely tell their stories.
Author | : Rajendra S. Khadka |
Publisher | : Travelers' Tales |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9781885211149 |
Gathers stories by Peter Matthiessen, Jimmy Carter, Diane Summers, Broghtonoburn, Meg Lukens Noonan, and Jan Morris describing their adventures inepal.
Author | : Robert Heine-Geldern |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 35 |
Release | : 2018-05-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1501719254 |
A study of "the ideological foundations" of the monarchical governments of Southeast Asia, specifically in Hindu-Buddhist cultures, this book examines political thought on the nature of rule.