Where Nyipir/Gipir’s Pregnant Wife Gave Birth From Got Wan Aryo, Nyipir/Gipir proceeded to Ayangua river in Locjudongo village, Padwot sub- county, Nebbi district (in Padwot chiefdom, Alur kingdom). He temporarily settled here before establishing a base at his main Locjudongo site. Nyipir/Gipir built a home near Ayangua river at a place called Kau Kau, next […]
Where Nyipir/Gipir Left His Two Elders From Wang Nyakwin, Nyipir/Gipir arrived at Got Wan Aryo currently located along Pakwach-Nebbi highway in Omvoro village, Pangieth parish, Alwi sub-county, Pakwach district. It is at this spot that Nyipir/Gipir left his two elders: Ateng and Ogoro. It is here that Ateng died and was buried. According to 77-year-old […]
In Memory Of The Slain Child After Got Nyariegi, Nyipir/Gipir’s next stopover was Wang Nyakwin in Payila West village, Pangieth parish, Alwi sub-county, Pakwach district. While there, Nyipir/Gipir bitterly mourned the death of the innocent child, Nyakwin, whose stomach was cut to get his sacred bead. As such, the site is recognized as Nyakwin’s memorial […]
Where The Bead Was Stored From Cwa Nyipir(Gipir)/Yoana, Nyipir/Gipir is said to have moved to Got Nyariegi. This is where he built his first shrine, purposely to keep his special and sacred bead retrieved from the stomach of Nyabongo/Labongo’s child. Nearly all informants interviewed for this booklet agree that Nyariegi got its name from Nyabongo/Labongo’s […]
Where Knowledge Of Dealing With Pandemics Is Alive From Aliwa spring, Nyipir/Gipir moved following his cow that had strayed. He first heard it mooing in the thicket surrounding the tamarind tree, forcing him to enter the thicket where he ended up spending a night lying on a rock under the tamarind tree. Cwa Nyipir/Gipir, therefore, means the tamarind tree […]
Where Nyipir/Gipir’s water jug dissolved to form a cold spring From Kasegali, Nyipir/Gipir next stopover was at a spring-well called Aliwa. Nyipir/Gipir arrived at Aliwa at sunset. Tired and thirsty, he sat on a rock and tilted his water jug into his mouth to quench his thirst. There was hardly any drop of water left. He threw the jug […]
Legend has it that the Luo people who migrated southwards along the Nile from Bahr-el-Ghazal in Sudan had happily lived together and settled in the area currently known as the Murchison Falls National Park and the current West Nile region. King Olum, a brother of Ovungu, Atira, Chuwa, Nyangan, and others, was the father of […]
Nyipir/ Gipir’s first resting point After the separation at Wang-Lei, Nyipir/Gipir and his people are reported to have moved via Atara, Got Mai, Abongu, and Oguru II to Kasegali in the current Amojo village, Ayila Parish, Alwi Sub-county, Pakwach district (in Alwi chiefdom, Alur Kingdom). Having trekked for days, Nyipir/Gipir and his followers are said […]
CCFU welcomes you to The Trail of Luo Legends A virtual trail following the movement of Nyipir/Gipiri, Nyabongo/Labongo, and Thiful/Giful after their separation at Wang Lei. View Google Trail FOLLOW CCFU SCROLL The Story Of Nyipir/Gipir and Nyabongo/Labongo’s Separation Legend has it that the Luo people who migrated southwards along the Nile from Bahr-el-Ghazal in […]
