Mt.Kenya is the tallest mountain in Kenya, standing at 5,199m. It has three peaks;Nellion, Batian and Lenana. My tribe, the Agikuyu, believe that their God, Ngai, resides on this mountain.
The first man and woman, Gikuyu and Mumbi, lived at the foot of the mountain. Its peak can now be seen from as far as the Mwea plains. Did you know that Kenya is not the original name? The area that borders this mountain is called Kirinyaga and so is the name of the mountain but it is said to have been named Kenya by a white man who had a guide from Kambaland. Since the guide could not get all the syllables in the word Kirinyaga right, he said ‘Kíínyaa’ and the name stuck till date.
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49 responses to “Mt. Kenya: The Abode of the Gikuyu God.”
Which is the tallest mountain in your country? Does it have a history like mine?
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Thanks 🤗
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Himalayas! 😊 And such an interesting write up about Mt. Kenya. Thank you for the wonderful share. Loved the post!
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Thank you Sunith. I’ve seen photos of the Himalayas. Breathtaking!
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It is too bad that when we encounter a new name we do not take the time to lead the proper pronunciation. If I sounded it out right it has a better sound, although Kenya is okay. It is beautiful with the mist and snow.
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Kenya is still okay 💕😌😘
Thank you so much
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Interesting! I still plan to hike it since Kenya neighbors my country on the eastern side.
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And you are Ugandan. Fanta! 💕💕
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And you know your Geography 🙂
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It was a hard subject but my teacher whipped the content into my head 😂😂😂
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Fascinating Mariana
Dynasty Kenya
Named By A
White Man
Who Couldn’t
Understand The
Long Form Name
Of A Beautiful
Mountain ⛰ 😊
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Sweet.
Well, the name is what we are now. Even my country is named Kenya after the translation lol
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SMiles
Kenya
Origin of
Truly Great
American
President Who
Worked For A More
Perfect Union For
ALL ‘We The
People’
More
Than Just
One Small
Selfish Human
Being Who Never
Even Achieved
Basic Manhood
The MeMe
Of “TRumP”
Least A Man
Will
Be Smallest
Soul Of All Meanwhile
The Other President
Still Stands
Tall As
Granite
Of A Mountain
Man Originating
In Kenya Indeed⛰
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Great piece!
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Thanks
Mariana
Wonderful
Day to You
My FRiEnD
With SMiles😊🏝⛰
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in my country (Armenia) the mount Aragats (4090 m).
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Imma search it 💅😊
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Hi hope you enjoy my blog
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It says no longer available dear
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Strange I’ve just looked at it on the fashion tag
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What’s the direct link?
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The posts are coming up on the tags but when you go into the site from google it says I’ve deleted it
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Yes that’s it. I can get yoyr replies but I cannot access your site. Is it hosted?
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If you find one of my posts on a tag try the tag Chocolate mine is the post win the huge banana picture
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Okay, I’ll do that
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It’s always interesting to know how places get their names and the stories behind it…thanks for sharing 😀
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You are welcome, 😀😀😀
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A cloud like the ghost of something visiting.
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On the photo?
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Yeah.
Just s passing thought.
I have spent a little special time in the company of clouds and rain tears coming down over high ground.
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Must have been beautiful
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What a wonderful photo!
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Thank you 😌😌
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Wonderful
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Thank you Nand
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Reading this, I understand why they said simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Great work wakiamaitu
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I was today years old when I learnt about the kambaland guide, waah
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Oh! Happy belated birthday 😜😜
Thanks for reading my post
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Nice piece🤭
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Thanks a lot
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Most welcome 😄
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