Ceremony – an age-grade ceremony of warriors which
unites all nine Rendille Clans across the desert.
These animals are considered second to God and must be present for all important rituals.
Lower Left: The Soriiyo is a family blessing ceremony that occurs twice a year. Each family selects a goat or sheep without blemish to besacrificed outside the family’s homestead.
Lower Right:
The boys paint blood onto the humps of their camels tobring good fortune, rain, honor the ancestors and
strengthen the young generation of warriors.
season when the clans gather together. A shelter, called a Khod, is constructed of branches and hides and placed atop a camel to carry the bride to her husband’s home.
At right: A bride wears an Irtiti Orr necklace made of
doum palm fibers and glass beads, given to her by her
mother at the time of marriage.
extended families at Galgulumé.
At right: Women gather in front of their dome-shaped homes to prepare for the upcoming ceremony.
Heroon Bull Ceremony, charging forward with ritual
Gumo staffs.
have to be restrained by their peers. Their bodies grow
rigid, and sometimes they foam at the mouth so intense is the gathering of the warrior generation.
groups to perform leaping dances, expressing their unity as a generation. When two warriors leap together their dance is called Woyee.
metal sequins, and a bow tie pendant made of brightly
colored beads meticulously stitched onto a camelhide
backing.
Gumo staffs to propel themselves high into the air.
wooden bowls to increase their strength and vigor.
