SemeLuo Culture&Lifestyle

24/07/2022

Raila kawo piny ka hono,

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22/07/2022

LUO NAMES AND MEANING .
Obong'o/Abong'o -- Only child.
Obiero/Abiero -- born with the placenta (biero mean placenta).
Obura/Abura -- Born during a meeting (bura mean meeting).
Oburu/Aburu -- Born during a funeral (buru mean ash).
Odipo/Adipo - Born in/around the cowshed.
Ochanda -- Difficult birth (Same for male and female).
Ochieng’/Achieng’ - Born with the sun shining (Born about Noon & after (12n –2pm)) (chieng' mean sun).
Ochola/Achola -Born after the father’s death.
Odero/Adero - Born during a during a period of abundance (dero means granary).
Aloo/Oloo is a child born after a dead child in a family.
Akello/Okello is a child born after twins.
Ajwang/Ojwang the father dies before he/she was born..
Odhiambo/Adhiambo -- (Born around dusk (3-6pm); Born in the evening; Born after sunset) (odhiambo means Evening ).
Ok*mu/Ak*mu -- ‘Mysterious birth’: Conception after a birth, but before resumption of me**es (k*m mean punition).
Oloo/[Aloo] -- It's the luo name for Adam.
Oluoch/Aluoch -- Born during a cloudy season (lunch - cloudy ).
Omondi/Amondi -- Born around dawn (4-6am).
Okeyo/Akeyo -- Born at harvest time.
Okinyi or Okinyo/Akinyi -- Born at dawn (Born just after dawn (6am-10am); Male form rare.
Okomo/Akomo -- Born in prosperous times.
Okoth/Akoth -- Born during rainy season (koth mean rain).

20/07/2022

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18/07/2022

Jaduong John Paul Obunga Obala long Introduction.
Odongo the father of (Luodo Okong, Rado Ngaga, Nyikal and Nyiywen).
Nyikal the father of (Odongo, Oipirr and Nyachido).
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Introducing Semeluo Elder John Paul Obunga Obala

17/07/2022

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13/07/2022

In most African and Asian traditions there is one community of relatives nothing like a family ..
made up of Dad , Mum and their few children .

In the African Family , when one is young relatives and the community takes care of him/her and give guidance.

When they become adults ...
they in turn take care of their old relatives in the community ...and the young .

In our African languages , we do not have words for cousins, nieces , nephews, half brothers , aunts and uncles ...

We have Baba , baba mkubwa , mama mdogo na ndugu .

Africans never abandon their parents ..
and put all their attention to their spouses and children..

Then set up a precedence of them getting abandoned by their own children , after showing them the way.

I mean , kiafrika..
there are no places called Nyumba ya Wazee .

In the African set up ....
Having them had not been necessary .

With the new western thinking , new lifestyles and the hustles of living in the new found modernity ....
We are confused .

We now need orphanages and nyumba za wazee . Sorry , but..
Yes . We need them !
Circumstances and conditions demand .

But the African culture and values in us refuse .

Confusion is confusing the confused .

10/07/2022

10/07/2022

Football repair CBC skills.

07/07/2022

Did you know Geese eat sugarcane

29/06/2022

Comment by George Tunda

Wechego ler but kaluwore kod nonro/research masetimo:
1. Onyango kod Anam nene gigowo kod abuoro kagiwuok loka karachuonyo matiende ni nene gin Jokarachuonyo.
2. Nene Nyikal oyudogi kinde mane odak Pith Kagombe ei Asembo.
Amollo ok ne en Nyar Nyikal, nene en nyar owadgi maduong' miluongoni Lodo Okongo kendo min mare niluongo ni Bala Nyar Ongo. Amollo ema nene duong' kendo iluwe kod owadgi miluongo ni Were Del/Gumba ekwar Kagumba masani. Mano ema omiyo otenore kuom joka Gumba.
3. Nyikal kapok ochopo k**asani iluongo ni Seme ni, nene okuongo odak Alego, Got Abiero ei Sakwa kendo kanyo ema nene girome kod Chwanya. Nene gidhi gidak Manywanda Uyoma, kane gikethore kod Chwanya, nene nyar owadgi ma Amollo nene otelonegi nyaka ir jo Kasimori kod Wawaria. Oganda ariyogi e weg piny Seme. Kane Chwanya omonjogi, nene ochako odar odhi Uyoma k**a iluongoni Likuru k**a nene oganda matimo ohala kod oganda Joteso kagiwuok loka milambo nene rawoga dalane Likuru to ji semo nikech nene ohero ji, mano ekaka nying mar Seme nene obiro.
4. Kanene odar Likuru, nene odhi Pith Kagombe k**a nene oyude Onyango kod Anam.
5. Nyikal nene okendo Anyango Nyar Ngune kendo ginyuolo Odongo kod Dipir, Chwanya nene omonjogi mogik kagidak Lwak Koracha ei Asembo.

Chakruok Kolunje gi donjo mar Nyikal ei Seme. Jodong Seme Kolunje pimonwa kaka nobet. Note: Oral history have many versions and variations but most of they t...

29/06/2022

UGENYA LUOS

Jo Ugenya are descendants of Ochielo son of Omolo son of Jok. Ragenya was the younger brother of Ragem(Oremo).
Ragenya had five direct descendants : Waljak(Ger), Puny, Boro, Muot, Nyada, Deje. Nyada was assimilated into Alego, and later moved to Homa Bay with some members of Khan (kagan). JoBoro mainly occupy central Ugenya near Ambira, and some parts of Sega, spilling over to busia around Bumala. Jodeje (kateg) are mainly in East Ugenya, in got nanga, jera, ligose, ralak, mauna, lela and surrounding areas. Jokanyamuot are mainly between rangala and sidindi. Some of them are in gem areas.

Jokapuny aka Jamasiro mainly occupy Masiro kathieno, anyiko, nyawara, bar ober, Ligega, got nanga,. Jokager are the most dispersed, found in literally all parts of Ugenya and Ugunja constituencies. They are also found in mumias /butere, gem, busia, Alego, and kano (kochieng’, wagenya), among other places. There are several other clans that live in Ugenya, including : jokaramogi, jo Jok, jo yenga, josiranga, jokamrembo, jokanywa, jokasideg, joka nyalaro jokanyaudo, and others. Some of these clans are of Luo origin while others are not. However, they have all been assimilated into Ugenya. Jo Jok, for instance, are related directly to joka Chwanya ma milambo. Questions have been raised about the origins of jo uholo in Ugunja constituency, and whether they are Luo. Some of you know that when Ramogi crossed into Kenya, he left behind his brother around Tororo area in present day Uganda.

The brother suffered a bad wound ( adhola ) that hindered his mobility. Hence the name padhola (par adhola, dala adhola ). They are also known as wadama in Uganda. As the clan grew bigger, some of them crossed into Kenya through Malaba, and finally settled in the present day uholo (giholo lop jougenya). This group is known as kakeny, and comprises jouwiny, joka saga, joka nyambir, gi jouwangwe. These are Luo clans. Other clans from surrounding communities joined them, including jokalodo, jouulwa, uwesia, kamng’are, umatiro, Jomagoya ( from Konyango orende in kano), jomasawa, among others. Original jo uholo are Luo, whose only sin is that they joined fellow Luo much later and through a route that did not pass through any water mass (nam lolwe). Ja uholo ok en jamwa, en padhola.

Koro uwinjo mano maber? Dhok ma jo Ugenya gi uholo wacho ok en dhomwa, to nikech gichiegni kodgi nitie weche moko ma gisumo koa kono. Mano ema omiyo samoro ka Jaugenya wuoyo to wonyo ok mbula ok iwinjga nyerere... lakeside Fossils interpret this,,,but do I say!!!

By George Tunda