Trabalho Inglês.
Trabalho Inglês.
No one really greets each other with “Jambo” anymore. In fact, use that word and
everyone automatically knows you are a tourist or foreigner. This is not a good thing if
your intention is to blend in with the locals.
Opt for “kawaida” (normal) forms of greetings like “niaje” for younger people or “habari”
when you are addressing an older person. Alternatively, just go with “hi” as English is
one of the official languages in the country, and you will be greeted back accordingly.
After a long day at work, many Kenyans will flock their local bars or nightclubs in
Nairobi for a cold beer while catching up with friends or to watch a game. Kenyans also
love to make an alcoholic drink they call “Dawa”. This is a cocktail whose main
ingredient is vodka. Alcohol brings Kenyans together.
If there are major football games (especially European premier league games) on
television, you will be sure to find Kenyans crowded in night spots enjoying their
alcohol and “Nyama choma” while watching these games. And just like they love to talk
about politics, you can never miss a Kenyan who wants to talk about football, over a
drink or two.
In our article the top 10 Facts about the Maasai People of Kenya, I went into detail to
explain many of their traditions. They do however have many more traditions, one of
which includes the shaving of the Morans (Warriors), an event that sees young Maasai
warriors transition into senior community warriors. This event is referred to as “Enuoto”.
Enuoto is a once in a lifetime ceremony that is performed every ten years.
Before the ceremony, the Morans are not allowed to do things independently from their
age mates. On the day of the ceremony, the Moran age-set are donned with ochre-red
plaited hair, colourful beads, and painted faces, and they arrive at the ceremony
carrying sticks and humming traditional songs. They then go to a set river where they
wash the red ochre paints off their hair and faces, and then head back to the venue of
the ceremony. Here, they get their hairs shaved, usually by their mothers, after which
the “Oloibonis” (community elders) spits on their faces as a sign of blessings.
-Adumu, a tradicional dança dos saltos Maasai
Entre os guerreiros Maasai quem pula mais alto ganha atenção das jovens. Adumu is
the world famous traditional jumping dance performed by the iconic Maasai tribe of
Tanzania and Kenya. In the Ewangan Village of the Maasai Mara National Reserve,
young Maasai warriors, wearing their colorful kangas, demonstrate the adumu, their
world famous jumping dance, probably performed for visiting tourists. The adumu is
part of the Eunoto, a long-observed ritual coming of age ceremony that includes 10
days or more of singing, dancing, and traditions. It may sound easy, but reaching
heights like that in jumping requires a lot of strength and physical conditioning. But why
do they jump so high? Among Maasai warriors, the one who jumps the highest wins the
attention of young girls.
Because their are diferente tribes there are many types of food
Entenda-se que a base alimentar queniana é de farinhas, grãos, ovos, óleo, leite,
tomates, coentros e açúcar de cana. Isto porque é o que a terra dá e o mais acessível
para todas as camadas sociais.
-sukuma wiki
The ingredients are fried with tomatoes, red onions and spices, and it’s best eaten with
your hands.
-Mandazi
The ingredients typically used to make mandazi include water, sugar, flour, yeast, and
milk. Coconut milk is also commonly added for sweetness. Basically it’s a fried bread.
Circumcision however becomes more interesting when you start to compare how
different communities do it.
For the Bukusu, a sub-tribe of the Luhya community, the young initiates (usually boys
between the ages of 12 to 14) are woken up at 3 am in the morning, and escorted to a
river. They are then made to strip and stay in the water until their bodies become
numb. Mud is then applied all over their bodies. The entire village then gathers around
them (no women are allowed close to the river) as they stand with their feet firmly on
the ground, eyes facing the sky, and arms resting on their sides as they are being
circumcised.
During the circumcision, you are not allowed to flinch, wince or cringe, because by
doing so, you will be committing the ultimate form of cowardice and you then become
the laughing stock of the village. Additionally, no girl will want to marry you to avoid the
reputation of having married a coward. Unbelievable? Believe it!
This might be shocking to you as a tourist visiting a community like this, and it is
demeaning to women (in my opinion), but it is actually a tradition that has been there
for a very long time.
The dangers of this tradition is the spread of HIV/AIDs infections among a big number
of members of the community, which has seen many families lose their parents,
children, or siblings, leaving homes deserted.
Sport
The national sport of Kenya is football.
As in many countries, it is football that grabs the national sport trophy in Kenya. The
main reason for that is the poverty of the country, and football is famous for being very
easy to play. Everyone, even the disadvantaged kids, can enjoy playing and
sometimes even watching football in Kenya.
Cricket
Music
The music of Kenya is one of the most diverse in the continent. It is an assortment of
popular music forms, in addition to multiple types of folk music derived from the
country's more than 40 ethnic groups. Some of the most popular genres are Benga,
Hip-hop, Reggae, Rock, Taarab and Folk music.
Tarab. Taarab, meaning “having joy with music” in Arabic, is a popular genre in Kenya
and Tanzania that illustrates influence from the Middle East, South Asia, Sub-Saharan
Africa, and beyond.
The guitar is the most popular instrument in the Kenyan popular music. Guitar rhythms
are very complex and include both native beats and imported ones, especially the
Congolese cavacha rhythm; music usually involves the interplay of multiple parts and,
more recently, showy guitar solos.
Lyrics are most often in Swahili or native languages, like Kalenjin though radio will
generally not play music in one of the ethnic languages.
Benga
Benga music has been popular since the late 1960s, especially around Lake Victoria.
The word benga is occasionally used to refer to any kind of pop music: bass, guitar and
percussion are the usual instruments.
Kenya Music Festival is an annual event under the Ministry of Education that
identifies and nurtures artistic talents in music, dance and elocution.
The Kenyan National Music Festival takes place in Nairobi, Kenya at the Kenyatta
International Conference Center or Jumba Kuu la Mikutano la Kimataifa la Kenyatta.
This festival happens in August every year, and is a time when the entertainment
sector enjoys a rise in popularity.
The music champions, those who took top honors in the previous series of
competitions, are invited to perform in their respective categories of music and dance.
These categories include set pieces, traditional songs, choral music, choral verses, and
original songs. This event is organized primarily for the benefit of students, to give them
a chance to display their talents and the hard work they have dedicated to their musical
and artistic abilities.
The winners of each category of the festival are then invited to give their performance
before the president at the state house. Their performance is crowned as Kenya's
cultural choir of the year, known in Swahili as Kwaya ya Mwaka ya Utamaduni Nchini
Kenya, and they are also invited to entertain guests during certain national holidays
and events.
Clothes
Kenya doesn't really have a national dress that characterizes traditions, ethnic tastes,
culture and rituals of the whole country. Mostly that's because of more than 70 ethnic
communities (Kikuyu, Luo, Luhya, Kamba, Kalenjin, Masai etc.) who live in Kenya.
They all have some unique traditions in clothing. Though some clothes and fabrics can
be called traditional for Kenya.
Kitenge is very colorful and bright, so it is popular not only in Kenya but in many other
African countries. This dress is not considered to be an official Kenyan clothing, but it is
widely popular in this country. People often wear kitenge in ordinary life, for ceremonies
and non-official events.
Another part of Kenyan national dress is "khanga". It is a piece of cloth about 1.5
meters (4 ft 11 in) by 1 meter (3 ft 3 in). Its pattern consists of different sayings printed
on the fabric. These sayings are in Swahili or English. Women in Kenya wear khanga
around the torso and waist.
One of the most well-known in Kenya and around the world tribes called Masai people
has its traditional clothing. This dress is also considered to be the national attire of
Kenya. The Masaiare dress consists of usually red kanga and a lot of bright
decorations: necklaces, bracelets, and bead headdresses. Masai men wear a red-
checked Shuka (it is a classic Masai blanket) and carry a distinctive ball-ended club.
When to talk about traditional footwear in Kenya we should name the sandals made of
natural materials. They're smooth and convenient. Sometimes pieces of motorcycle
tires are used as a sole.
Kenyan people wear very short haircuts; they often shave their heads – same men and
women. And very often men dye their hair with red ochre. Drawings on a face are very
popular, Kenyans do that for ceremonies and other important events.
In general, the traditional dress of Kenya has lots of variants, because almost every
tribe has their own idea how the national attire should look. Still, Kenyan national
clothing is very bright, colored and heavily decorated.
Curiosities
Coffee is big business in Kenya, and every year more than 110,187,000 is
produced and exported to various countries, including the US.
In fact, it is so valuable for the locals that most Kenyans don’t drink coffee, but
instead, they will have a cup of tea. Only a small amount of the coffee produced
is sold domestically.
Education is free
Primary education is free and compulsory. Second education can also be taken
without payment, but it’s not mandatory. Primary education is normally from the
age of 8 until 14.