Luo community

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The Luo community is a Nilotic ethnic group primarily found around Lake Victoria in western Kenya and neighboring countries, known for its rich oral traditions, music, and fishing and farming livelihoods.

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Label Occurrences
Luo community canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedCuisine fish-based dishes ⓘ
kuon ⓘ
osuga (traditional vegetables) ⓘ
ugali ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
countryOfSignificantDiaspora Canada ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
countryOfSignificantPresence Kenya ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
culturalTrait dance ⓘ
music ⓘ
praise poetry ⓘ
proverbs ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
ethnonym Luo ⓘ
historicalOriginRegion Upper Nile region ⓘ
linked to: Greater Upper Nile
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent ⓘ
language Dholuo ⓘ
languageBranch Western Nilotic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Nilotic languages ⓘ
majorWaterBody Lake Victoria ⓘ
marriagePractice bridewealth ⓘ
migrationType southward migration ⓘ
neighboringCountryPresence Tanzania ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
notableKenyanSubgroup Homa Bay Luo ⓘ
linked to: Luo Nyanza

Kisumu Luo ⓘ
linked to: Kisumu

Siaya Luo ⓘ
primaryArea Lake Victoria basin ⓘ
primaryCountry Kenya ⓘ
primaryRegion Nyanza region ⓘ
western Kenya ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
traditionalBelief belief in ancestral spirits ⓘ
veneration of ancestors ⓘ
traditionalInstrument drums ⓘ
nyatiti ⓘ
orutu ⓘ
traditionalLeadership council of elders ⓘ
traditionalLeadershipTitle jodongo ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood cattle keeping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
traditionalMusicForm benga music ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Siaya District → hasEthnicCommunity → Luo community ⓘ