Ancient Luos believed and strongly adhered to their cultural norms and traditions, most of which have since been passed down and adopted and are now being utilized by the new generation.
Others, however, have since been slowly dropped with time, with the new set opting to combine their culture and the Western civilization which is on the increase in the nation.
Such a culture is wife inheritance, popularly known as 'teroo' in Dholuo, a practice whereby a man would take over his brother's wife upon his demise.
This would happen regardless of the reason or factors that resulted to the death.
This was largely popularized as a measure to ensure that the widow did not undergo hardships and lonely and was subjected to everything that was present in their previous marriages, including giving rise to children.
Though such setups still exist in most rural areas of Luo Nyanza, they are mostly the ones that came to be a while back when the trend was still in fashion, with the new generation seemingly shunning it.
They, however, do wholeheartedly support their widowed sisters in law, but let them make their own choices on whether to remain alone or get into different unions.
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