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Sites significant to the Mijikenda peoples of the Kenyan coast, in particular the sacred kaya forests that serve both as settlement sites and as places of ritual and ancestral significance. Sacred sites are grouped by tradition at a fine grain here, so a heading can be narrow without that saying anything about the tradition's own reach.
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What Defines This GroupingKaya: the cleared, palisaded forest settlements the Mijikenda built for defence, left as places of residence by the mid-twentieth century and kept as places of prayer, of elder burial and of the deposit of protective fingo. The forest around them survives because entry and cutting are forbidden. 2 Peoples and Traditions CoveredNine Mijikenda peoples - Giriama, Digo, Duruma, Chonyi, Jibana, Kambe, Kauma, Rabai and Ribe - each with its own kaya and its own council of elders. Mijikenda names a federation of related peoples, not one people. 2 Learn More
Mijikenda sacred sites
This small group gathers a sacred site of the Mijikenda peoples of the Kenyan coast, most notably the kaya, sacred forests that sheltered their fortified villages and remain places of ancestral veneration and ritual.
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