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This Saturday December 4th, in part 3 of our marriage series we will highlight the Rūraacio items and what they meant. We will also touch on the Ngurario, and the Agìkūyū wedding day!! How did the girl eventually end up in the boy's home in a very dramatic yet exciting way?
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Our Saturday 4th December part 3 of our marriage series is here. In this post, we explain what items were given in Rūraacio, the meaning of each, Ngurario, the Agìkūyū wedding day, consummation of the wedding, and the couple settling down into marriage life. Tag a friend..
Marriage series part 3.
We commenced the Rūraacio aspect of the Agìkūyū marriage. In part 3, we focus on the Rūraacio items, Ngurario, the actual wedding day and the couple settling into marriage life. As we will note, Ngurario contrary to popular thought,
did not mean the end of the dowry process. Since the process and settling in of the married couple is quite lengthy, we will focus on major themes.
The amount of Rūraacio
The amount of Rūraacio varied/varies) from one clan to another and from district to district so we can't
Part 2: Rūraacio among the Agìkūyū
Our point of departure:
"Rūraacio is not given to purchase the woman to be married, as all the negotiations and manner of it's 'payments' make clear. It is not even possible to discount the economic character of Rūraacio
...but it's Social and Religious implications are much more significant." L Magesa
✓ Njohi ya kūmenya mūciì
After Njohi ya Njūrio, Njohi ya kūmenya mūciì ( beer to know the girl's home) is brewed. It was prepared by the young man assisted by his relatives.
The young man, his parents, a few elders, paternal cousins, and a few women took the beer to the young girls home. This is one of the beers consumed by both men and women. It is at this juncture that the girls father said to the young man's Father,
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This is our set of 6 books recommended for adults or children eager to learn Gìkūyū language. They each come with a teacher's guide to assist with weekly planning, execution, and evaluation. They set comes with a free story book.
Learn, re-learn, unlearn that Among the Agìkūyū, there lived a great Medicine Man ( Mūndū mūgo) called Waing'a. But his soon changed and in a song, he was labeled saitani...
This is a song from a historical moment in Gîkûyû history.
The year is 1889, where Tumutumu mission stands today, you can only see a medicine man's hut (Waing'a).
In previous years, his compound wouldn't be as full as it is today. Many people know natural herbs,
Nguìko - Sexless romance/Non penetrative sex among the Agìkūyū
Introduction
The Mūgìkūyū definition of Ūthingu- this definition is hard to translate.
" Ūthingu nì ūhoti wa gūikara ūtegwìthahia, ūtekwìiihia na u
Ūtekwiyananga handū hoothe, hìndì ciothe na mahinda moothe."
There is no single English word that fully captures Ūthingu in the manner the Agìkūyū perceived and practiced it. Therefore, for purposes of this thread we will use the word Holiness to mean Ūthingu
The Mūgìkūyū woman and man greatly valued Ūthingu. Ūthingu was like a fence around the community. To this effect, there is no single Agìkūyū rite, ritual, or ceremony that did not have the Nongorio (intention) of preserving, restoring, and protecting an individual's, family,