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The Kalenjin people are an ethnolinguistic group indigenous to East Africa, with a presence, as dated by archaeology and linguistics, that goes back many centuries. Their history is therefore deeply interwoven with those of their neighboring communities as well as with the histories of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan, and Ethiopia .
Traditional Kalenjin society. Traditional Kalenjin society is the way of life that existed among the Kalenjin -speaking people prior to the advent of the colonial period in Kenya and after the decline of the Chemwal, Lumbwa and other Kalenjin communities in the late 1700s and early 1800s. [1]
Vivian Cheruiyot, Kenyan long-distance runner. Emmanuel Chemengich, Anglican Bishop of Kitale. Joyce Chepchumba ,long distance athlete. Joshua Cheptegei, 10,000 m world champion (Uganda) Joyciline Jepkosgei, Kenyan female long-distance runner.
Kamuratanet. Kamuratanet is a Kalenjin traditional process of teaching its members appropriate behavior, knowledge, skills, attitudes, virtues, religion and moral standards. Kamuratanet provides parameters that are used to determine what is acceptable and normal and what is not acceptable, and therefore abnormal.
Norms & lifestyle. Maintaining peace and amity, especially between relations, is particularly important for the Kalenjin and ranks high on their scale of values. This type of peaceful relationship is known as Tiliet and is rooted in ancient Kalenjin culture. It is the root word of Tilionutik a person's wider relationship circle.
The Elgeyo language, or Kalenjin proper, are a dialect cluster of the Kalenjin branch of the Nilotic language family. In Kenya, where speakers make up 18% of the population, the name Kalenjin , a Elgeyo expression meaning "I say (to you)", gained prominence in the late 1940s and early 1950s, when several Kalenjin-speaking peoples united under it.
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Cheptaleel's Prayer. Cheptalel [6] [7] (also Cheptaleel) is a heroine found in the folklore of the Kipsigis [8] and Nandi [9] sections of the Kalenjin people of Kenya. She became a folk hero as a result of being offered as a sacrifice (actually or symbolically) to save the Kalenjin sections from a drought that was ravaging their land.