Browsing RP-Department of Music and Dance by Subject "Jathum"

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Innovation: A measure for the control of cultural changes in the survival for the Luo thum traditions

Orawo, C.N. (Academic Journals, 2011)

Thum is amorphous because it has broadened its corpus to include not only the Luo lyre, but also the fiddle, accordion and guitar musics unlike what was before the coming of Europeans. The introduction of the acquired ...
Tero Buru: The Luo Musical Extravaganza and a Rite in a Rite

Orawo, Charles Nyakiti (Academic Journals, 2011-05-14)

Tero Buru was one of the Luo rites of passage performed at the funerals of adult members of the community. As a funeral rite, it was performed as the last rite before the body of the deceased is washed and taken to the ...