a. There is wailing in the house to show how the fellow was dear to them.
b. In some communities there is feasting and drinking of beer.
c. The corpse is washed using water. This is meant to send it clean into the world of the living
dead.
d. If it is a man, the wife is supposed to stay around the corpse among them show clearly she
would miss the husband.
e. In certain communities pregnant women and children are not allowed to go near touch the
corpse to avoid misfortunes.
f. The grave is dug in a special place e.g. among the Luos the man is buried at the right and
woman is buried the left.
g. The body is carefully placed in the grave facing an appropriate direction according to the
customs of the people.
h. Among the Luos animals are driven over the graveside, people run in the homestead with
spears. This means that they are looking for death to kill it.
i. Others bury the dead with property with a belief that they would continue to use them in the
next world.
j. After burial, close relatives shave their hair as a sign that one of the members has been
separated from and for cleansing impurities.
The new hair that grows shows the beginning of new life.
ericmunguti answered the question on September 26, 2018 at 07:35
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