Kenyans.co.ke researched on some of the cultural practices that continue to thrive even though many foreigners who encounter the practices find them strange or peculiar1. Childbirth RitualsA Maasai elder spits on the head of a newborn after birth in the culture of the Maasai community. Night RunningThis culture is common among communities living in Western Kenya and parts of the old Nyanza province. Women to Women MarriagesThe Akamba from the lower Eastern allowed women to marry fellow women in a formal agreement with their husbands. In Kikuyu and Kamba cultures widowed women and their first daughters shave their heads as a sign of mourning their bereaved husbands.

Source: Daily Nation July 18, 2021 12:44 UTC