RULES OF MEAT DISTRIBUTION AMONG ABAKHONE (ING’OMBE Y’OMUSAMBWA)



The distribution of various parts of a slaughtered animal among different kinds of relatives and other categories of people in Luhya land is governed by certain customary rules. Although there is a considerable leeway especially with regard to major edible parts depending on which occasion the beast has been killed, generally speaking the various parts are distributed to the following people:
Head (omurwe)- Paternal auntie, young mother or paternal uncle (in case of cow of splitting), circumciser ( cow of luvuga), bride’s or groom’s father (cow of nang’eso)
Front leg (esilenje esiambeli) - Eldest wife or eldest son
Hind leg (esilenje esieyinyuma) - Eldest brother (cow of splitting), eldest wife or eldest son
Lulikho (Front thigh) -Second wife
Esinama(Hind thigh) -Yong wife or young son
Back (omukongo) -Divided up among different wives
Tail (omukhira) - Herd boys
Skin or hide (lisero) - Eldest brother
Udder (esibere) - Sister’s son
Testicles (amaneke) - Husband, sons
Heart (omwoyo) - Grandson
Liver (Esini) - Wives
Reticulum (Sikwacha)- the elder of the home
Kidney (ifukofuko) - Sister or daughter
Spleen (Lutaako) - Herds boy or one who shuts the gate of cattle kraal
Lungs (Amatsukhu) - Grandson or old women
Big stomach (Lisombo) - Butcher
Small stomach (omukhoba)- Joking friend (who takes it by force)
Entrails (amala) - Diviner
Ribs (tsimbafu) - Eldest brother
Diaphragm (Indesi) - Sister’s son
Aitchbone - Herd boys
Oesophagus (mumiro) - One half goes to skinner the other half the owner
Tongue (olulimi) - Owner
Chest (esilifu) - Sister’s son, mother’s brother
Clod - Sister’s son
Round - Young wife or young son
Trachea (muporokodio) - Skinner or herd boy

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