#tharaka

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Woman in Meru, Kenya displays her catch.

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For over a century, songs from eastern Kenya have been silently stored at the Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm. The songs are recorded on phonograph cylinders—but who has access to a phonograph today? Luckily, the National Library of Sweden recently digitized the phonograph reels and made them available as open data on their website.

The material consist of dance and work songs from kambaland in eastern Kenya, as well as recordings from the Tharaka, one of the Meru-speaking peoples on Mount Kenya’s eastern slopes. In addition to the songs there are also stories (“The girl and the youth in the pond”), and revival songs translated into kamba, such as “What a Friend We Have in Jesus,” with a European melody

Listen to the recordings here

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https://dribbble.com/shots/12671819-Sri-Lanka-Traditional-Mask

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The Fruit of the Spirit (THARAKA: Bible NT)

The Fruit of the Spirit (THARAKA: Bible NT)

THARAKA: Bible NT

Galatians (Agaratia) 5:22-23

22 Îndî maciaro ma Kîrundu i wendo, nkena, ûkiri, kûûmîîria, kwîganagîîrua kîao, wega, wîtîgio,

23 ûbooreeru, na kûrega mîîrî yetû îtwatha bûra îkwenda. Na gûtirî watho bûûmba kûrega kûgwatanîra na mantû ta mamu.

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Similarly to grinding stones, mafiga - the 3 cooking stones - will remain in place for ages, long after wooden structures and every other sign of a human settlement have dissapeared.

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Be aware