ABSTRACT
THOSE who figured prominently at the weddingl and subsequent marriage ceremonies continue to take an active part and interest in the domestic affairs of the married couple for life, and on their deaths are represented by their heirs. Thus when the young wife becomes pregnant, they are again summoned for the ceremony called W unyi. A bull is slaughtered and Kishongu rings worn by the husband and wife. This done, the men and women separate, the men to the grove to instruct the husband as to the proper care of his wife, and the women to the hut where they instruct the expectant mother as to how she must live and what she must observe.
