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Mourning Luhya style

The Luhya community has its style of celebrating the lives of the deceased. ALEX NAMULIRO takes a look into the rituals that make Luhya funerals unique

KAKAMEGA, KENYA: The mention of death is not music to the ears of any human being although the hard truth is that it is inevitable.

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