e/Nandi people

Information
has gloss	eng: The Nandi is a Kenyan ethnic group or tribe living in the highland areas of the Nandi Hills in Rift Valley Province; they form a sub-group of the Kalenjin. Before British colonization, they were sedentary cattle-herders, sometimes also practicing agriculture; their settlements were more or less evenly distributed rather than being grouped into villages. Like other Nilotic peoples, they were noted warriors. They traditionally practice circumcision of both sexes as a rite of initiation into adulthood. Boys circumcision festivals took place about every 7 and a half years, and boys circumcised at the same time are considered to belong to the same age set; like other Nilotic groups, these age sets (called ibinda, pl. ibinweek) were given names from a limited fixed cycle. Each age set is further subdivided into a subset (siritieet, pl.
lexicalization	eng: Nandi people
subclass of	e/Nandi-Markweta
instance of	c/Ethnic groups in Kenya

Meaning
German
has gloss	deu: Die Nandi sind eine nilotischsprachige Gruppe im Westen Kenias. Sie werden zu den Kalenjin gezählt, was seit ca. Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts eine Sammelbezeichnung für eine Reihe von nilotischsprachigen Gruppen im westlichen Kenia ist.
lexicalization	deu: Nandi
Esperanto
has gloss	epo: La nandioj estas tribo, kiu parolas la kalenĝinan lingvon kaj apartenas al la etno kalenĝinoj vivantaj en la okcidento de Kenjo.
lexicalization	epo: nandioj
Polish
has gloss	pol: Nandi – grupa ludów nilotyckich w Kenii, Ugandzie i Tanzanii, żyje ich ok. 750 tys. Zajmują się głownie pasterstwem, hodowlą i rolnictwem. Brali czynny udział w walce wyzwoleńczej Kenii. Posługują się językiem nandi z grupy języków nilotyckich.
lexicalization	pol: nandi

Links
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Media
media:img	Kenya Dialect map.jpg
media:img	Nandi warriors from the LOC.jpg