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THE KIKUYU CULTURE
Table of Contents 1) Background information about the Kikuyu people. 2) Values and Beliefs. 3) Economic and political activities. 4) Clothing and foods. 5) References
Background information about the Kikuyu culture The Kikuyu people are the largest ethnic group in the East African country (Kenya) with a population of 6,623,000 people. This makes up 23% of Kenya's population. The Kikuyu people live in Kenya around Mt Kenya. The Kikuyu's are said to have two founders that are called Gikuyu and Mumbi. The kikuyu people speak the language Gikuyu.
Values - They value their creator - Ngai - they value Kiringaya - the Sacred mountain. - They value Sacrifice and prayer.
Beliefs - The Kikuyu's believed in the physical presence of all things visible and invisible. - Believe that the number 10 was unlucky. - They believe in supernatural and evil spirits. - Most believe in Christianity as their religion. - Believe that they originated from their leader, Gikuyu and Mumbi
Economic Activities
Foods
References
Most of the foods they eat are made from the crops they harvest. - https://buzzkenya.com/kikuyuThe Kikuyu people have a main Some of the foods they eat are tribe-people-and-culture/ economic activity which is potatoes and foods made from - http://www.alamy.com/stockagriculture. cost of the crops that beans, e.g. Irio, a mixture of maize, photo-close-up-of-a-red-pushpinthey eat are the crops they harvest beans and potatoes all mashed up on-a-map-of-nairobi-kenyaThe Kikuyu people are also together. The also eat meat and a 84958959.html craftsmen and they make artifacts food called githeri. Another food the - https://www.pinterest.co.uk/africa and art like statues, by hand. Some Kikuyu's eat is mukimo which is costumes/east-ke-bantu-kikuyu/ of the crops they grow include mashed green peas and potatoes. - https://www.worldatlas.com/articl maize and potatoes. es/highest-mountains-inkenya.html - http://www.bluegecko.org/kenya/t ribes/kikuyu/beliefs.htm - http://www.geniuskitchen.com/re Men in the kikuyu culture wair cipe/irio-kenya-307565 shukas on the bottom and - http://otienojf.wixsite.com/thekiku normally walk aroung bear yutribe/page2 chested. The wimen wear a full - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/49 The Kikuyu people a leader called shuka covering their whole body. 5747871464481763/ Gikuyu and his wife, Mumbi. The Kikuyu people believe that they originated from Gikiuyu and Mumbi and that god sent them to erth to create the Kikuyu culture..
Clothing
Political Activities