HEINE ORIKUMANYA EGI MIGYENZO YABANYANKORE YABAIRE EKORWA (Some of Ankole traditional rituals and customs)

HEINE ORIKUMANYA EGI MIGYENZO YABANYANKORE YABAIRE EKORWA 

(Some of Ankole traditional rituals and customs)

#OKUHENA; Was a practice as a punishment to girls that would become pregnant before marriage which was a shame to the family. The girl would be left in wilderness, mountain or island alone to die from there an act of punishment 

#OKUKIIKA_ORUHOKO; A ritual performed after someone has died 

#OKUHENDA_ENDOSHO. To perform a ritual when a son in law has just lost a mother in law.

#OKUSINZIIRA to perform a ritual in the banana plantation of the deceased a few days after the funeral 

#OKWERA. This is the kind of ritual performed to clean the home after the funeral four days after the burial 

#OKUTAATSYA_AMAHASHA. A ritual practiced when twins are born and are taken to their grandparents for the first time 

#OKUHASHANUURA. To perform a ritual at the initiation of twins one week after their birth. 

#OKWIBA_EMPIMBI. This ritual was performed where a bride goes to her father in law's home and take some food in an unofficial way. It is assumed she has stolen the food

#OKUKARABA. This practiced for atoning an act of murder

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