
Asiisian Spirituality
February 3, 2025 at 04:57 PM
Kipsigis narrative holds 'widows belong to the clan and family of the descesed husband. One member of the family is said to keep the widows custody. Kilen kilolochi maat. Kilen kindii , hence the member of the family taking care of the widow is called kipkondiit. No remarriage allowed.
Our chepkisa shrine got several teachings concerning
1. Widows
2. Widowers
3. Single parents
4. Unmarried daughters
5. Family with daughters Only
6. Family with sibling who survived from death. All others passed ( Tegeret)
7. Chemenjo
8. Chebotibik
9. Family with sons Only
10. Polygamous families
11. Monogamous families
12. Single families
13. Nucleus families
14. Surrogate families
15. Polyandry families
16. Burial rituals
17. Deaths handling
18. Mourners taboos
19. Respect for the descesed
20. Respect for bereaved
21. Taboos of bereavement period
22. Dead view
23. Approach to handling several causes of dead like, natural, homicide and intentional, Natural as in killed by ILAT through his messenger s ( ilotik) kipsigis komwoe kole kobar beekab barak/ kwomis beekab barak
24. Food of burial/ bereavement
25. Grave and it's taboos
26. Physical, emotional, mental and spiritual nursing and handling during mourning period and many more, please add the list. Dos and don't are there in kipsigis in respect to dead, deaths and anything related to matters mourning and bereavement.