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 ** T **** he Turkana **  **By: Tristan Wilson**   **The Turkana are a //nilotic// people. //Nilotic// people are tribes that moved from the upper Nile river valley. Their home land is in Kenya, a dry and hot region. The Turkana probably moved to Kenya 200years ago. Their population is about 340,000 people. The Turkana are known for weaving baskets and raising camels. When telling stories they call themselves //the people of the grey bull//, after the //zebu//.**   **The Turkana tribe believes the African traditional religion. The African religious beliefs contain Ideas of supernatural gods and the cosmos. In other words they have more**  **than one god. They believed that god’s son lived among the people, and when people offended him he went back to the heavens. I think this sounds related to the Christian religious beliefs. Some Turkana tribes also practice Christianity as their religion.**  

  **Turkana depend on livestock for food, clothing and attracting women. Their livestock includes** **goats, camels, donkeys and sheep. Beside meat and milk from goats and sheep, the Turkana eat wild berries. The Turkana tribe mixes blood with dried berries to make cakes. ** **Livestock are not just used for food and clothes. Camels and donke ys are used for transportation. This allows the Turkana to be mobile and move to water availability. **  <span style="color: rgb(99, 0, 138)"> **They make //tunics// out of goat skins for clothes. It is common for men to carry staffs; one is used for walking and balancing when carrying heavy objects, the other is often thinner and longer, used to herd animals. While the men carry staffs on the other hand the women wear necklaces. The women style their hair in a mow hawk which is commonly braided and decorated with colorful beads.**

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