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Nandi · Clan

Kipoongoi

KalenjinPatrilineal lineageTotem: Taiyweet

Totem & taboos

Marrying within your father's clan is forbidden (clan exogamy)

Sub-clans

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Sources

Oreet — Wikipedia
The Nandi: Their Language and Folklore, Hollis, A. C., 1909
Remarks upon the history of the Nandi till 1850, Huntingford, G. W. B., 1927
Nandi people — Wikipedia

Clan totem

Taiyweet

Parent ethnic group

At a glance

Clan nameKipoongoi

Ethnic groupKalenjin

LineagePatrilineal

TotemTaiyweet

Taboos1 documented

Sub-clans0 documented

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