Kenyan Luo

E814487

Kenyan Luo is a Nilotic ethnic group in western Kenya, primarily around Lake Victoria, known for its Dholuo language and rich cultural traditions in music, storytelling, and fishing.

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Label Occurrences
Kenyan Luo canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
ancestralOrigin Southern Sudan region ⓘ
artForm lyre music ⓘ
clanStructure patrilineal clans ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
culturalPractice orature ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
wrestling ⓘ
geographicFeatureAssociation Lake Victoria ⓘ
kinshipSystem patrilineal ⓘ
language Dholuo ⓘ
languageBranch Western Nilotic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Nilotic languages ⓘ
majorDenomination Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
trade ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
migrationHistory migrated southwards along the Nile valley into present-day Kenya ⓘ
notableCountryRole major political influence in Kenya ⓘ
notableLanguageRole Dholuo is a major regional lingua franca in western Kenya ⓘ
populationCountry Kenya ⓘ
primaryRegion Lake Victoria basin ⓘ
Nyanza region ⓘ
western Kenya ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Acholi ⓘ
linked to: Acholi people

Jopadhola ⓘ
Langi ⓘ
Luo of South Sudan ⓘ
Luo of Tanzania ⓘ
selfDesignation Joluo ⓘ
stapleFood fish ⓘ
sukuma wiki ⓘ
ugali ⓘ
subgroupOf Luo peoples ⓘ
linked to: Luo people
traditionalBelief belief in Jok spirits ⓘ
veneration of ancestors ⓘ
traditionalHomestead dala ⓘ
traditionalHousing round thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalInstrument bul ⓘ
nyatiti ⓘ
orutu ⓘ
traditionalLeadership council of elders ⓘ
traditionalLeadershipTitle ruoth ⓘ
traditionalMusic benga ⓘ
ohangla ⓘ
traditionalReligion African traditional religion ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dholuo → alternateName → Kenyan Luo ⓘ