Mourner carries own cutlery Residents of Moulem Estate in Kisumu were recently left in stitches when a woman who had come for a funeral unashamedly whipped out of her handbag a plate, cup and a spoon after the said cutlery ran out during meal time. As it is the custom in Nyanza, meals must be served at funerals, as a way of celebrating the departed soul. Thus, this particular one was not any different. A relatively well known man had passed on. And this called for an elaborate and dignified sendoff that saw locals throng his homestead a couple of days before his burial. As usual, meals had been prepared in plenty. Locals witnessed quite a number of strange behaviors. First, there were those who, probably from distant places, arrived and immediately they were done wailing, wiped their tears and headed straight to the tent where food was being served. In one particular incident, a mourner made a grand entrance; she uncontrollably wailed, rolled on the ground, dirtying herself as she eulogised the departed man. She praised him, expressing her grief and how the locality will miss his kindness and generosity. Soon after wards, she dusted herself and made a bee line for the improvised kitchen under a tent, where meals were being served. Minutes late, she emerged with a mountain of nyoyo (mixture of beans and maize), and a cup of tea. Mourners salivate On the final day, the bereaved had hired services of an out service catering company. They had prepared sumptuous nyoyo, tea and ugali seved with beef for special visitors, whose aroma made most of the mourners salivate, completely ignoring the eulogies read.
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