It’s not common for a lifeless body to have emotions, let alone produce tears and let them roll down from the eyes.
However, this is common in Luo Nyanza and Western Kenya areas, where beliefs, culture and traditional norms are still intact and uninterrupted by the intrusion of western civilization.
It is, therefore, not shocking to see or be told an event where a corpse silently cried and some rituals had to follow to convince them into going for their eternal rest in peace.
If this happens, it means that the departed was a victim of murder, and is sad for having been sent away before their set time and were forced into their deaths.
In other instances, it could mean that their killers are just around and might have attended their burial and are actually grieving and moaning the loudest.
This, according to my grandfather Onguko K'Owino is considered a mockery by the dead.
If they go in that state, they could come back to haunt the person or their family in what is known as ‘Chieno’ in Dholuo.
This is characterized by bad dreams, hallucinations and at times can go to the extreme of driving them crazy.
In the instance that the killer isn’t affected, the haunt can come long after to trouble their children or grandchildren.
#bizarre