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| Shiseso Catholic Parish Father Kulumbani Odhiambo blesses the body of the late Adriano Aluchio before leading the burial service at Shikhombero village in Ikolomani Constituency. The late Aluchio body was buried while seated following traditions that demands dead to be buried while seated among the Angusu clan of the Idakho in Kakamega County. The Practice has put community loggerheads with Church leaders. By Benjamin Sakwa |
Kakamega; Kenya: How do you bury a revered village elder, traditional medicine healer and renowned farmer? In a unique way, villagers of Eshikombelo in Kakamega County would say, that is if that person was Mzee Adriano Aluchio, whose final send off on Monday was like no other.
On Monday, hundreds of curious people flocked Mzee Adriano’s home to pay their last respects for the 62-year-old. But most of them wanted to witness the unique Idakho burial ceremony.
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