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KEETIKAB KALENJIN ak boisietab age tugul:

the following are trees and some of its uses

1. Emityoot- used for erecting mabwaita
2. Kurbanyaat- used in the performance os some 'mumeek' ceremonies
3. Lelechuet- used in the sprinkling of cattle 'Iseet-ab-tuga'i.e blessing herds and driving diseases e.g anthrax and rinderpest away
4. Macheget- used to warn people of danger, especially where a cow which died of anhrax had been burried
5. Marongeet- used in cursing ceremonies
6. Noogirwet- a tree with many muloonok. Used mostly during gooito
7. Cheebitet- a very hard tree. Used in construction of houses and fences. A house was not to be built where cheebitoik grew since termites heavily inhabited such areas.
8. Tebeng'wet- its leaves were used to drive away anthrax
9. Baregeiwot- the wood was used for making seegetyet, the small wooden spoon for cutting kimyeet
10. Arorwet-
11. Minjeiwet
12. Kosisiityet

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