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Balunda
Balunda
LuhyaPatrilineal lineageTotem: Monkey (Engobe)
How they identify
Man (singular)Balunda
Woman (singular)Nalunda
Clan members (plural)Balunda

A man says “Ndi Balunda”, a woman says “Ndi Nalunda”.

Totem & taboos
  • Cannot marry within the same clan
  • Cannot eat or harm the Monkey
  • Marrying within your father's clan is forbidden (clan exogamy)
Sub-clans

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Sources
  • Were, Gideon. A History of the Abaluyia of Western Kenya (1967)
Clan totem
Monkey (Engobe)
Parent ethnic group
Luhya
AbaLuyia
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Sub-group
Bukusu
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At a glance
Clan nameBalunda
EndonymBalunda
Ethnic groupLuhya
LineagePatrilineal
TotemMonkey (Engobe)
Taboos3 documented
Sub-clans0 documented
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