Tachoni

Tachoni is a sub-tribe of Bukusu (Luhya community in Western Kenya), and they live in Western Kenya, mainly in Chetambe Hills of the newly created Bungoma East district. The tribe is rich in beliefs and taboos.

Circumcision

Also they practice circumcision in August of every even year (2006, 2008, 2010, etc) when the boys are circumcised they only go to hunt in the the village's forest for birds, wild chickens called Likhanga so in the evening they come home and the meal is prepared for them and it has to be meat because it is rich in proteins(to replace blood lost during the circumcision) and a staple-food in the whole of Kenya known as Ugali which is called Obusuma in Tachoni. The circumcised boys are not allowed to wear pants so they tie clothing called lessos or Kanga and they hunt all day in forests and they paint their face with white clay from the river. Circumcised boys dont wash their body for one month. The Tachoni tribe believe in Khulicha, so the boys are taken in somewhere called Esitabichi where they are told secrets and they never reveal to anyone so the old great grand-dads teach them some beliefs.