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Kaya shrines holding together coastal forest cover

Kaya elder Ganda Mwamburi Kagumba, Rabai, Kilifi County. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

Kayas or traditional shrines among the Mijikenda have for a long time remained holy places where people worship and offer sacrifices to the gods.

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