Modern ethnicities
7-577: Sabaot may refer to: Sabaot people , a Kenyan sub-tribe Sabaot language , a Kenyan language Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sabaot . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sabaot&oldid=901047397 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
14-465: A clan and at a later date these clans returned becoming the main clans of the Sabaot community. Like other Kalenjin and a number of East African societies, the Sabaot traditionally practiced male and female circumcision. Male circumcision was meant to enhance cleanliness and bravery while female circumcision was practiced to reduce promiscuity. In previous times, the Sabaot had vast lands which allowed for
21-407: A pastoral lifestyle. With decreasing land size, the Sabaot have been forced to drastically change their lifestyle from cattle herding to planting maize (corn) and vegetables. The principal reference points in the Sabaot identity have been land and cattle both of which are coming under increasing threat, from growing land shortages and decreasing pastoralism respectively, which along with a decline in
28-585: A place called Sengwer which is near the Cherangani Hills. The patriarch of the Sabaot community is said to have been a man called Kingo who moved to Kony from Sengwer . It is said that Kingo had four sons; Chebok, Chepkony, Chesabiny and Chebong’Om. These sons or one of them at least once broke a gourd belonging to their father and Kingo being very mad banished them from their home. The four sons dispersed, some to Bungoma and others to areas further south and west. Wherever each of these sons went, they established
35-516: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Language and nationality disambiguation pages Sabaot people Diaspora Performing arts Government agencies Television Radio Newspapers The Sabaot are one of the nine sub-tribes of the Kalenjin of Kenya and Uganda . The Sabaot in turn are divided into six sub-tribes largely identified by their dialects. These dialects of
42-622: The Sabaot language are the Pok, Somek, Mosop, Koony, Bong'omek and Sabiny ( Sebei Uganda). Being resident around Mount Elgon , the original homeland of most Kalenjin, the Sabaot are seen as the keepers of the authentic Kalenjin tradition. They and the area they inhabit are often referred to as Kapkugo (meaning grandparents/ancestors place) by other Kalenjin. The Sabaot were among the Southern Nilotic -speaking communities, i.e. proto-Kalenjin, who moved into
49-563: The western highlands and Rift Valley region of Kenya around 700 BC. Their homelands lay somewhere near the common border between Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia. Their arrival in Kenya occurred shortly before the introduction of iron to East Africa. Contemporary studies, supported by a number of historical narratives from the various Kalenjin sub-tribes point to Tulwetab/Tuluop Kony (Mount Elgon) as their original point of settlement in Kenya. The traditional account states that most Sabaot once lived at
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