Persistence and Loss of Cultural Values of Tiriki Sacred Groves in Hamisi District, Kenya: Implications for Management | Chapter 2 | Cutting Edge Research in Biology Vol. 7

 The present study proposed to investigate the Persistence and Loss of Cultural Values of Tiriki Sacred Groves in Hamisi District, Kenya.  The loss of enlightening values and residents' protection for Tiriki sacred groves was connected to the neglect and vandalism the authors noticed during their casual visits in January 2007. Between March and August 2007, 65 carelessly chosen key informers (51 men and 14 women) from all six areas in Kenya's Hamisi district cooperated in household interviews. The goal of the study was to determine whether or not local tenants still adhere to the traditional enlightening values of the groves, in addition to the causes of each cultural value's misfortune. Of the 10 traditional principles named, the most main was as sources of herbaceous medicine (100%) and as sites for boys’ ritual performed for change of status (100%). The least main were as   sources of food (13.85%) and fabrics for house building (21.54%). Persistence was highest with their worth as sources of herbaceous medicine (100%) and lowest as interment sites for community champions (0.00%) and as sites for special prayers (4.17%). Break-below in the socio-cultural cloth of the Tiriki community due to the influence of up-to-date religion, instruction and government regulations were being the reason for loss of enlightening values and indigenous information associated with protected groves among local people. The calculated government invasion necessary for the sacred groves' tenable preservation, in addition to the appropriate institutional framework, will allow the local population to accomplish and profit from them. The Millennium Development Goals' prominence is on trades that combine biodiversity conservation and want eradication.

Author(s) Details:

Fredrick Nyongesa Kassilly,
Turkana University College, P.O Box 69-30500, Lodwar, Kenya.

Harrison Mugatsia Tsingalia,
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 210-040601, Bondo, Kenya.

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