Tharaka Biocultural Festival & Kibuka Appeasement Ritual

Tharaka Biocultural Festival & Kibuka Appeasement Ritual (5th Edition)

1. To break intergenerational curse
2. Call for the Muratho rains
3. Ask for the right seeds to plant
4. Honour changing season from Thaano to Muratho (end & beginning of Tharaka year)
5. Appreciate peace, balance and harmony symbolized by September equinox.
6. And finally celebrate ancestral rewards for epic leadership in Tharaka,
7. Applaud ancestral efforts in termination of Kibuka mega dam on a critical sacred natural site.
8. Celebrate International Day of Peace

Dates: 21st - 23rd September, 2025.

Venue: Chiakariga Market at the foothills of Kijege - the home of the Gumba people, Mugwe and Kibuka.

Host: Society for Alternative Learning & Transformation.

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