The annual Vihiga Cultural Festival will be held next month at
Vihiga Mbale ground on December 26 with numbers of activities
on card.
Theme of this years events will be leadership in
the reflection of the forth coming election in which one
of the Maragoli son Musalia Mudavadi will be running for high
post in the land
Vihiga Cultural Festival is one of the biggest and oldest
festival in Western Kenya and in the Country which reflect
traditions and modernity
The festival date back before the
arrival of the white man who established Christianity by building
church center at Kaimosi in Tiriki
Maragoli were among the first people to be converted into
Christianity by taking education seriously but they still stick
to there traditions according to Maragoli mythology Joseph
Otiende who was also the first education Minister when Kenya get
independence
Long time back the festival was held in two intervals namely
South Maragoli under chiefe Agoi and in North Maragoli under
chief Odanga
According to the record available South
Maragoli festival was held at Kidundu ground and South Maragoli
events at Wodanga ground in Sabatia.
Even though the festivals has along history it changed its
face when the late Moses Mudamba Mudavadi introduced professional
cultural festival in 80s allowing the Maragoli from major
town to return home during xmas and new years festival in
order to greate each other mulembe
Since then the festival had grown to become among the
biggest in the Country with other communities coping them
attracting both professionals researchers and politicians among
them the retired President Daniel Arap Moi.
Like in the past this years festival will start on
locational level before ending on 26 at Mbale ground to mark
the end.
Before hosting the festival elders will visit the
historical cave called Muungoma in order to pay tribute and
homage to there great great grand father Maragoli
It is believed that Muungoma was the first home of Murogoli
and his wife Kaliesa l when he arrived from Egypt long time
back
While at Muungoma the elders will prepare fire and
give offering to Mulogoli in order to bless them before
embarking on other business
Dirty people including those with many wives are not allowed
to enter or visit into Muungoma. because the results is death.
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