Native African culture has been diluted in many parts of Kenya by outside influences.
So for example, Kenya’s music is often a mixture of African, Indian, European
and American styles.
Many
Kenyan communities have also adopted westernized or Islamic forms of dress,
with their original tribal clothes, jewellery, body ornamentation and weaponry
kept for special occasions or celebrations.
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Maasai
warriors dancing However, in certain parts of Kenya, particularly across the
more arid and inaccessible north, communities retain their traditional culture
and ways of living. Among nomadic and pastoral tribes such as the Maasai,
Samburu and Turkana, people still wear clothes or skins and elaborate jewelry
of beads and metalwork.
Belief
systems among some remote tribes also remain indigenous. Across Kenya as a
whole two-thirds of people are Christian. With the centuries-old influence of
Arabic and Islamic traders and settlers (particularly along the coast), around
15% of Kenyans are Muslim.
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