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- 2. EL POLO PEOPLE Gurapau “people of the lake” are Cushitic, smallest and near extinct ethnic group found in Kenya With a population of less than 400 people, and decreasing, the El Molo is probably Africa`s smallest ethnic group. They are the most skillful-hardy fishermen amongst the mostly semi- nomadic pastoral tribes around Lake Turkana in Loiyangalani Division of Marsabit District.
- 3. D.N.A The present population is largely comprised of mixed blood,combining elements of Samburu, Turkana and El Molo, although many of the customs and the El Molo way of life are maintained by many
- 4. LOCATION El Molo is a village in Kenya, situated on the southeast shore of Lake Turkana, just 10 km north of Loiyangalani town. Its population is about 300. The tiny population fishes the lake for giant Nile perch.
- 5. DWELLING Their dwellings resemble igloos, built from what little scrub vegetation there is to be found amongst the volcanic wasteland surrounding the alkaline waters of this inland body of water.
- 6. ECONOMY The life of the El Molo is generally based on fishing, using spears or harpoons, fishing rods (made from the roots of an acacia with doumpalm fiber and a forged iron point or hook) and nets( made from doumpalm fiber).
- 7. CULTURE OF THE “EL MOLO"
- 8. MARRIAGE Bride`s maids from Kenya`s smallest ethnic group El- molo smile during a wedding ceremony in El-molo bay in Loiyangalani
- 9. El Molo people maintain many of their traditional customs and way of life. Unlike the Turkana the El Molo do practice circumcision, both of boys and girls.
- 10. Of the old and largely unrecorded traditions, that of the ngwere is the most revered. As El Molo society requires no chief as such the elders of the tribe convene and supervise the hunting of the hippo, often associated with wacq, the God of the lake. El Molo Christian devotee.
- 11. Dances and songs pay tribute to the ancestors before the elders turn on the young warriors, slashing them across their bodies it whip them to a frenzy of excitement before spending them out to pursue the mammal probably responsible for more deaths in rural Africa than any other, the Hippopotamus.
- 12. DRESS The traditional "selah", a triangle of woven string worn as a form of skirt is still worn on significant occasions, although these are becoming fewer as the tribe's numbers dwindle.
- 13. KILLING A HIPPO Fish, hippopotamus and crocodiles are important animals to the tribe. In this community, killing a hippo is what killing a lion is to a Maasai moran. Anyone who kills a hippo is decorated with a necklace made from the hippo’s teeth and a feast for the whole community is held.
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