Culture is the way of life of a people. Aspects of culture are the elements or things that make up culture.
Aspects of culture include
The way people dress
The food they eat
Initiation rites
Language
Wrestling
The way of worship
Traditional songs and dances
Traditional education
Games and Sports they play
Burials and funerals
Aspect of African Tradition Culture that ought to be preserved
Traditional food
Traditional attire
Wrestling
Dance
Games
Worship ceremonies
Festival
Dances and language
Age groups and age sets
An age group is a group of young people who were born almost at the same time. Two or more age groups form an age set. Members of the same age set regarded each other like brothers. They did not marry each other's sisters. They helped one another during difficult times. Married women belonged to the age-set of their husbands.
Clan
A clan is a group of people who share a common ancestor. Clan members respected each other. They did marry each other.
Functions of a clan
Settling disputes among clan members
Protecting its members from external attacks
Allocating land to clan members
Planning and conducting marriage and initiation ceremonies
Setting rules in a clan
Allocating lands to family members
Educating the youth to become responsible members of the society
Setting and maintaining moral values
Solving dispute
Punishing wrong doers
Deciding the religious practices and beliefs of the clan
Organising ceremonies and festivals
School and Community
A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning to learners with the support of the teachers
Community is a group of people living in a same place or having a particular characteristic in common
Role of school to community
The school employs members of the community to support staff. The school gives school facilities such as furniture, field, halls.
The school educates children from the community to become responsible members of the community.
The school promotes culture of the community through games, sports, music and drama festivals.
The school provides facilities to the community like school bus.
Role of the community to the school
The community donates land where the school is built.
The community provides workers to the school.
The community provides children to the school.
Learners clean market centres
The community helps the school in contributing to its physical development.
Community appoint school representative for pupils v Help in in harambee for school building
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