Transcript for "Age sets"
Speaker: Vincent Watenya
Ese Nikasio okhwa Waiti.
I, Nikasio son of Waiti.
Omwichukhulu muengele.
Grandchild of the Omuengele clan.
Ndikho nembakha.
I have a story.
Khundokhena bibingilo bie babukusu. Bibingilo bibiene bili munane.
On Bukusu initiation age-groups. There are eight age-groups.
Nebiarakikha kumwaka kwa lulala na munane liboo neliboo.
They begun in the year 1800.
Siakwanja babalanganga banyange.
The first age-group was called Banyange.
Nebabanyange.
And Banyange.
Babamo biingilo sita.
They had six sub-groups.
Omunyange osimikha bamulanga bali mukhwana.
The first Omunyange was called Mukhwana.
Nebibingilo nebili sita.
When the sub-groups were six.
Mukhwana abamo nebiingilo sita, lumuli lwosi biabamo sita.
Mukhwana had six groups, Lumuli also had six.
Omukisiilwa kabamo namba tatu.
Omukisilwa was number three.
Khafululu kaba namba yine, masafu kecha kharano, nasiombe kecha sita.
Khafululu was number four, Masafu was number five and Nasiombe was number six.
Bibingilo sita nebiwa buli sisingilo sibechanga enyuma we kumwaka mulala.
When six initiation age-groups ends, each group is normally after one year back.
Kumwaka kuli musafu mulayi, sekhukhebananga kumwaka kuli musafu mubi ta.
We do not circumcise during an odd year, it is done in an even year.
Nekhwamala omunyange.
When done with Omunyange.
Aba khwarakho khwamulanga khuli omumaina, nono maina osimikha.
The next age-group was referred to as Omumaina, the first Omumaina.
Bamulanga bali sia maheti wanelima.
Was called Maheti of Nelima
Warakho.
The one who followed.
Sia mutonyi, sirakho namba khataru balanga bali sia wachie.
For Mutonyi, the next one number three wa called that of Wachie.
Siekhane balaa khalundu.
The fourth one was called Khalundu.
Siakharano siaba sisingilo maina sifumbukhi.
The fifth one was the Maina group, Sifumbukhi.
Sia sita.
The sixth one.
Nakhoba namwe maelo aba nibo bafunga singilo sia maina.
Nakhoba or Maelo are the one's that closed the Maina age-group.
Esingilo sikhola khataru siaba omuchuma.
The third age-group was Omuchuma.
Nomuchuma osimikha bamulanga bali kharunda.
The first Omuchuma was called Kharunda.
Orakho okhola khabili bamulanga bali nasing'eneni.
The second one was called Nasieng'eneni.
Sieng'eniesi, okhola khataru sia wangutusi.
Sing'eniesi, the third one was Wagutusi.
Okhola khane sia chonge, okhola kharano.
The fourth age-group was that of Chonge and the fifth.
Bamulanga bali salama.
Was called Salama.
Machukhu, namba sita.
Machukhu, number six.
Nabitandi, sisingilo namba yine aba omusawa.
Nabitandandi. The fourth age-group was Omusawa.
Omusawa osimikha bamulanga bali sikala.
The first Omusawa was called Sikala.
Omusawa okhola khabili bamulanga bali.
The second Omusawa was called.
Maliongolio, okhola khataru.
Maliongolio, the third one.
Nandabusia, okhaola khanee.
Nandabusia, the fourth one.
Namukhalaki lutumbi, okhola kharano bamulanga bali misiko omusawa.
Namukhalaki Lutumbi, the fifth one was called Misiko Omusawa.
Namba sita bamulanga bali.
Number six was called.
Nanyende, sisingilo sialondakho siaba sisingilo siakharano.
Nanyende, the age-group that followed was the fifth one.
Nisio balanga bali omukolongolo. Omukolongolo osimikha bamulanga bali.
Which was called Omukolongolo, the first Omukolongolo was called.
Khurarwe.
Khurarwe.
Omukolongolo orakho bamulanga bali nabiswa.
The Omukolongolo that followed was called Nabiswa.
Omukolongolo we khataru, bisuche.
The third Omukolongolo was called Bisuche.
Omukolongolo we khane bamulanga bali manyonge, omukolongolo wa kharano.
The fourth Omukolongolo was called Manyonge and the fifth one.
Bamulanga bali biketi.
Was called Biketi.
Omukolongolo okhalaka omumalilisi bali khaoya.
The last Omukolongolo was called Khaoya.
Khwama khubieniebo.
As we leave that.
Khwecha khumukikwameti, omukikwameti osimikha namiranda.
We come to Omukikwameti, the first Omukikwameti was called Namiranda.
Omukikwameti walondakho.
The Omukikwameti that follwed.
Muchele, omukikwameti warakho bamulanga bali matifuari.
Muchele, the Omukikwameti that followed was called Matifuari.
Kukwameti warakho wamulanga bali keya.
The kikwameti that followed was called Keya.
Bamulanga bali keya khubela abele kumwaka okwo banja bacha liye.
He was called Keya because that year the started going to war.
Nebarakho bali keya, omukikwameti orakho owe kharano bamulanga bali babachi.
That is why he was called Keya, the fifth Omukikwameti was called Babachi.
Omukikwameti okhalaka bamulanga bali silingi, namwe.
The last omukikwameti was called Silingi or.
Bitunguu kanananchi namba saba.
Bitunguu Kananachi number seven.
Wakwanja bamulanga bali buleki.
They first one was called Buleki.
Wekhabili bamulanga bali silima.
The second one was called Silima.
Omukikwameti wakhataru bamulanga bali walucho.
The third Omukikwameti was called Walucho.
Omukikwameti wekhane bamulanga bali machengo.
The fourth Omukikwameti was called Machengo.
Orakho bamulanga bali buchunju.
The one who followed was called Buchunju.
Orakho bamulanga bali murunga.
The one who followed was called Murunga.
Khwicha nono khusingilo simalilisi khulondokhena nebabukusu aba khwecha khusingilo niso balanga bali omukinyikeu.
We now come to the last age-group according to Bukusu's called Omukinyikeu.
Nono niye okhalaka bibingilo biebabukusu, wa kwanja bamulanga bali musolini.
He is the one who starts the age-groups, the first one was called Musolini.
Wekhabili bamulanga bali chikoti, wekhataru.
The second one was called Chikoti, the third one was called.
Bamulanga bali hitila, wekhane bamulanga bali wanarela.
Was called Hitler, the fourth one was called Wanarela.
Wakharano bamulanga bali siabule.
The fifth one was called Silabule.
Alafu omumalilisi okhalaka omukinyikeu ofunga bibingilo biebabukusu bamulanga bali bulala.
The last one who closes the Bukusu age-groups was called Bulala.
Nikako kebingilo bie bandu babukusu.
That is it on Bukusu initiatin age groups.
Eeh ese oloma Nikasio okhwa Waiti omwichukhukhulu muengele.
It is me speaking Nikasio, son of Waiti, the Muengele clan grandchild.