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Tiriki Sacred Groves, Hamisi
Hamisi District, western Kenya
Kenya
Declining
Regional cluster
- Location
- Hamisi District, western Kenya
- Coordinates
- ~0.08°N 34.7°E (region)
- Size
- Community grove patches
- Age / Founded
- Tiriki community ritual tradition
- Status
- Declining
- Deity & Religion
- Tiriki traditional belief (initiation & burial groves)
- Community & Guardians
- Tiriki (Luhya) community
- Record type
- Regional cluster
Cultural practices & uses
Herbal medicine (100% value-persistence), initiation rites, burial of heroes (eroding), special prayers
Plant species
Indigenous western-Kenya forest remnants
Biome & fauna
Western Kenya highland forest
Threats & protection
Breakdown of socio-cultural fabric (modern religion, education, regulation); loss of indigenous knowledge
Source
Kassilly (#133); Kassilly & Tsingalia (#131)