Aya amwabo aya:
Abagusii Customs XIV: Mosamba Mwaye (Newborn Customary Ceremony)
Abagusii Culture And Customs XXXIX: Emeyega Ao Ao Y' E Ekegusii
Abagusii Customs: Inee, ase Abagusii, Ogotakerwa Ninki?
Ase ensemo y' emegano y' Abagusii amo n' ekemira, ntwabwate kende. Nigo tware gotumbaga igo, twaaka nse na koimoka. Tari igo rioka. Ntabwate ekerenga buya, naende ntwabwate omoriki omanyete Ekegusii buya.
Respect and Authority: Those two are earned. Not awarded. Mbuya mono naende to our resident Ekegusii Expert, Petronillah Ogoti.
Ninki? Nche nigo nakinete kimbwate obochai bw'a amang'ana y' Ekegusii. Nonye omogaka tata otemete gontebia ndike amang'ana y' ekemira giato nse, nigo nabwate obochayi, tinarika kende. Nigo nachete gotwara obote bw' okorika Ekegusii, tata gasirire n' emiaka emenge yaerire.
Timanyeti buna chisokoro chiagambete, korende omonwa ori nachayete, bono noro tokorika aange kera rituko! Go twarora buna ntobwate oboremerwa, egento twakorete n' okoraria buna ntobwate okogania kw' Omoriki bw' amang'ana y' Ekemira.
Ebisio bi' chisokoro bori. Nario erio bono twanyorete Petronillah Ogoti, Omoriki bw' Ekemira giaito ase Gusii.com. Ekerenga kia amariko a rero n' ogoakera Petronillah buna mbuya mono. Ere tamanyeti buna ngocha korika narenge igoro yaye ase rero.
Ntwe nigo tore n' omogoko omonge ase egasi akorire igaa. Ase omobwekano, ntwamanyete igoro y' Mosamba Mwaye. Agatotebia. Ase boigo, goetera ase obotuki korwa ase ngina na isekoro, bono twamanyire igoro y' Gochia Iburu, Gochia Maguta motwe, Enyangi Y' Ebitinge, amo n' Emeyega ao ao Y' gakorirwe n' Abagusii.
Tari ayio oka. Petronillah ototebirie Emegano emenge emiansu y' Abagusii konyora yebirwe na gotugutwa gochia aaria. Ase omobwekano, omogano nche ng'anchete noria ogoteba buna, "Nigo Iso Ateba.....amo no Omoibi Egiata Aaria....na ayande amange.
Ntwe nigo totagete goaka buna mbuya mono aaiga keoreri igoro, ase Petronillah, ase ogokora egasi engiya. Ase boigo, nigo togosaba, na kogosegeta, ogenderere n' egasi eyio engiya. Respect is earned. Authority is earned. You have earned the Respect and Authority ase amangana y' Ekegusii, through your efforts and work. Naende mbuya mono Petronillah ase ogotosemia igoro y' obonda bwe' Ekegusii.
Jared Nyaberi, Omosomba bwe Ekegusii nao agotoka ase Abagusii AT Gmail.com, Twitter.com/abagusii na Facebook.com/abagusii. Gusii.com, Atlanta Georgia, United States. Esagati- Sagati Y' Magonga (October) 18, 2011.
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