4.4 RECREATION
In the past Luo had a variety of entertainments, whether accompanying ceremony or just part of social life, all usually accompanied by music and dance. There were also a number of games and sports now rarely known.
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A Luo harpist wearing an ostrich feather headdress
(kondo udo ) playing an eight-stringed instrument (nyatiti )
Evans-Pritchard, 1936
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A Luo harpist ( ja nyatiti ) entertaining an audience
Evans-Pritchard, 1936
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A Luo man blowing a gourd-horn instrument (oporo )
Missioni della Consolata, about 1920
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A Luo man playing a wind instrument
Evans-Pritchard, 1936
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Two Luo men playing a board game ( ajua )
George R. Carline, 1929
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Luo women wearing waist fringes (chieno/olemo )
dancing at a funeral ceremony (tero buru )
Evans-Pritchard, 1936