Members of the Luo community have remained observant of their traditional norms, regardless of the invasion of western civilization.

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This can be justified by their strict adherence to their culture, especially during funerals, where the law dictating that a son or daughter of Luoland must be buried in Luoland is strictly observed.

Its only under very special circumstances that this is not contravened, and its either if a woman fails to give birth and his husband disowns him, and doesn't have people back at home, or if one wills to be buried elsewhere. 

In the second case, relatives and elders must tour the deceased preferred burial place, one day to the burial, to put misfortunes that might hit the remaining members of the family at bay.

If taken to Nyanza for burial, a young unmarried man spends his last night on earth inside his father's house, a married man in his main house (first wive's house called 'Od Mikayi in Dholuo) and a married woman in his husband's house.

In case the deceased is a woman, and had plaited her hair at the time of her death, it is undone by her cultural allies called (Jo-kore). This includes, her sisters, aunts and brothers' wives.

At night, the grave is dug by young specified people, who are on most occasions fully supplied with beer and food (agoko), which is basically roasted meat drawn from a slain animal's chest and is eaten right next to the grave spot.

If the departed is a woman, she will be moved out at 8:00am the next morning, and is first viewed by her blood relatives before others, after which she is laid to rest at exactly 12 noon, 12 hours after her grave was dug.

A man will be moved out of the house immediately the grave is complete, (at night) and put on the left side of his mother's house, and buried exactly 12 hours after the grave was dug.

The first handful of soil is dropped into the grave by the husband in the case of a woman, and the father if its a man.

A flower or tree is then planted on the grave to indicate that a man is like a flower which will eventually dry up.

In agreement, the new plants dry and die off in the next few days and never grow to be trees.

After that, some other rituals including sweeping the house is conducted by religious leaders, with relatives expected to remain around for the next three days to console with the bereaved family (hocho).