Elders drawn from the Kikuyu community have performed a special ritual in a bid to save the country from the raging Covid-19 pandemic.
On Friday, May 1st, the elders converged at the sacred meeting point of the Agikuyu near River Chania in Thika, Kiambu County to conduct the ritual similar to that practiced by their ancestors whenever community was attacked by plagues.
The ritual involved slaughtering a spotless goat and burning its meat to ashes as the elders made prayers while facing Mt. Kenya.
Elders are required to cleanse themselves first and fast for seven days for the ritual to be accepted. They must also avoid sleeping on the same bed or make love with their wives a week prior to the ritual.
The Friday’s ritual was presided over by the reigning Agikuyu king (Muthamaki) Njoroge Karatu, who was installed in 2017.
“It’s hard to compel such elders to conduct such a ceremony nowadays because most of them are either ill or incapacitated to move. We have however conducted the ceremony in absolute compliance with the traditions and we hope that God will hear our cry,” said Karatu.
After the slaughtering, the elders threw the goat’s blood, decorations, and pancreas into the river to signify how the virus will leave the country.
“This virus is not local and it was not manufactured here. We have thrown the excretions and the blood that spilled during the slaughtering to the river for it to flow downstream to the Indian Ocean,” added Karatu.
The elders then burnt the goat’s meat to ashes and emptied the remains into River Chania as they ordered the disease to return to the sender.
“As we burnt the meat, the smoke that rose up to the skies was indicative that our God has accepted our offering and heard our prayers. Therefore, we are optimistic and hopeful that through this submission, the virus will be gone,” he said.
Further to this, the elders poured a concoction made from fresh milk and honey to the river. A mixture of grounded sorghum, millet, and black beans were also dispensed into the river to display confidence that the epidemic will disappear from the nation.
Other elders present during the ceremony included Chege Gathu and Ng’ang’a Kimuyu, among others.
Very funny ?? just get a job…
Very funny ?? just get a job seems like you are so idle folks
At least they did not…
At least they did not consult Kamuti while you are still holding on Kiveti!
Why not give that food to…
Why not give that food to those who do not have it? Ignorance at the highest level. Follow science and guidance given by the government like hand washing and social distancing.
Most of the sacrificial meat…
Most of the sacrificial meat would have been consumed by the participants so it would be feeding the hungry, wouldn’t you agree?
The Agikuyu God who used to…
The Agikuyu God who used to listen to the Agikuyu elders resided in the Forests of Mt. Kenya. Due to Christianity, God now resides in Heaven. I do not think the Heavenly God will listen to your prayers.
Wakikuyu mtatumaliza na Upus…
Wakikuyu mtatumaliza na Upus! Eeei…these elders have not heard of AIDS eh? They should have drove it out like yester year
The Kikuyus have kept you…
The Kikuyus have kept you alive all those years. Now you start talking about AIDS which have finished your own community because you got married to your husband’s junior brother after he passed on!
Upuzi is in your tribe where you have to sleep with a dead man before the burial, and you are required to be loudly wailing like a little kid!
Talk about your stone-age way of tribal life and leave the Kikuyus alone. Kikuyus are tired of carrying you and your nonsense! You are known to always make nonsensical comments whoever a kikuyu issue comes up. Wewe mafi ya Kuku!
@Kioko wong “very funny”…
@Kioko wong “very funny” shows lack of understanding. While your power is based on fire and sword, our power is based on water and spirituality.
The protection of our country never originated from physical might. It has always come from spiritual might.
Thank you elders for connecting us with our forefathers and our God and for asking for the protection of our country from our enemies both within and without.
May the virus go back to where it came from. Thanks again!!!
When are these idlers…
When are these idlers dressed in levis and Tommy Hilfiger going to join us in 2020?
If it ain’t white I am not…
If it ain’t white I am not for it,white education,white God,white prayers,white sacrament,white medicine,white casket,white wedding suit and dress.*** the double standards in the world this ceremonies happened in the bible and we believe but if they occurred in Africa it is backwardness and ignorance. Jesus please donot come back black we won’t accept you . We are waiting for a white Messiah.
This is good, let’s go back…
This is good, let’s go back to our Gods!!!
Hateration is strong with…
Hateration is strong with some of you. Why is following a religion that pretends wine is blood and some thin dry wafer is a body (cannibalism anyone?) written by old foreign perverts who by their own admission engaged in fratricide, incest and other perversions, couldn’t find their way home for forty years and is based on zombie worship an acceptable alternative?
@Guest 13, this are new…
@Guest 13, this are new times. Judgment is on the four corners of the earth. After all said and done, you will join the elders, they will not join you. After all the plagues, Pharaohs system will finally let God’s people go, then all will join the elders as ” every knee shall bow and every tongue confess”. That is the time we are living in. Keep watching this space!!
Traditional religions are…
Traditional religions are what we are practicing nowadays. Churches are temporarily closed. And I think they should stay that way while we worship like our ancestors did.
Vodooism! Where is their…
Vodooism! Where is their Pastor. Nganga! Atasema takataka wenye matuta! Lubbish kabisa!
No one is commenting about…
No one is commenting about your Asis goddess! You can face the Nile River direction worship your fellow billeted! Asis is the total lady of voodooism! She only drinks musika mixed with crashed charcoal! That is you goddess! So leave the kikuyus alone to do their thing! Shame on you bigoted fool!
Even that mzungu religion is…
Even that mzungu religion is voodooism. Do you believe that a donkey ever talked?? That is fiction.
For way to many Kenyans, if…
For way to many Kenyans, if it ain’t white, it can’t be right and if it’s white it’s alright.
if these traditions held the…
if these traditions held the kikuyu tribe together, so be it