Luo Community Switzerland
(Luo Kitgi gi Timbegi) Reasons for this group
1. To keep the culture relevant as we are losing our culture gradually. We have to restore erosion of culture
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- To enhance our culture and to keep it as a point of reference to our community and generations to come.
- To educate members on the Luo cultural values and heritage. This should be a good point of reference about our NILOTIC
BACKGROUND…
2. Centre of interest must therefore be geared to the children and their
future. We need to initiate their interests towards the interest of the group so that th
21/06/2022
THE ORIGIN OF SISAL FIBRE SKIRTS IN LUO COMMUNITY
The Sisal Skirt was adopted in Luo community after the coming of the Portuguese traders in the East Coast of African by 15th Century.
The Portuguese brought with them Sisal nodules for plantation amongst other cash crops. After few decades the Sisal reach the Kenyan Inland to the Lake region.
This is the time Luos in Kenya and Uganda living along the lake region and river Nile started using the Sisal fibres in place of twined papyrus backs to make skirts.
Initially, before the coming of the current multicolour dyes, the skirts were coloured using earth colours extracted from back of trees, shrubs, flowers and ores.
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