Kitendawili

One player calls 'Kitendawili!', the other answers 'Tega!' (set the trap), then a riddle is posed and the guesser has a few tries or gives up a town (a forfeit place) so the riddler reveals the answer.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Kenya.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Classical Worlds (about 1000 BCE to 500 CE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Africa: Great Lakes and Indian Ocean.