Aloka Ohangla Group - Otieno Ochako Thume - The Singing Wells project

Here's famous Luo musician Otieno Aloka playing the orutu with his band. You can find his profile on our website here: www.singingwell...
You can read the field report from our visit here: www.singingwell...
Recorded on the 29th November 2011 in Aluny Village, Nyanza as part of the Singing Wells project field trip to record the music of the Luo of Kenya.

[@clydecarter8411]

I am from a Caribbean island and this music is embedded deep in my genes, listening and watching those ladies dance makes me cry with ancestral feelings and joy.

[@alexkarisa5293]

Khonjokolio

[@alexkarisa5293]

K

[@Jakaugagi]

The LUO of East and Central Africa

[@stanstano6064]

Tune good, a weh seh mayut

[@josephineotieno2389]

Ohangla music is very interesting especially during ceremonies n they play 16 drums orutu n all traditional instruments

[@josephobwona252]

I am a proud Acholi/Luo watching from South Sudan. Sending love and peace to my brothers and sisters in Kenya.

[@ofwarekevin9541]

Much love to you too

[@sadsong3547]

We love you too

[@ombaraopiyo8443]

We love you too people, can we hook up guys?

[@evanceokoth3738]

my brother welkam

[@bigbrotherkenya5658]

Do u understand our luo in kenya??,,just curious

[@rockmoneymedia3607]

Mano Owadwa Otieno Alok Much Love From LuoSomalia🇸🇴🤘🏿 Owachoni Jakuo Ohero Wach Okwala To ngamakuale Ongee 😂😂😂

[@j.mcondiaso2836]

To my surprise, I have just spot my granny here dancing. I must show her the video. What a music!

[@georgemwangi7586]

Am a kikuyu but love every bit of this song. Cultural diversity

[@onyashed]

The colonialists messed your music with that mwomboko dance with that xylophone...but legend has it that luo guitarists went to akina Kamaru's bands and akina Queen Jane and Mugithi was reborn... True Cultural diversity..

[@davidrigiri3325]

My best driving music.Am a kikuyu,lived and worked in siaya.Its my second home.Driving all the way from siaya(alone) to Thika with this playing in the car.Best drive ever.

[@casperolu7973]

A true African MUST appreciate the tune and the beats of the ancestor.

[@simenyasikhulu]

Yenyewe muziki hauna kabila. Bora mdundo mzuri. Unaona vile mpiga ngoma yaani sogora anavyo twanga drums?

[@mosesokonji1981]

@@onyashed .

[@emmanuelmunene4583]

I am from Meru but man I must admit Luo music is dope.

[@BoniOdinga-m5g]

Absolutely...that Orutu kills as a Rhythm section....and it 'talks'.

[@AndyHarpist]

I drive some Luo musicians to Wales. In the United Kingdom. We stopped for a break, nowhere special, entered a small, suspicious, silent, country pub and took a drink..Someone suggested they play a bit, so they did, performing all this above. After15 minutes the entire pub..sheep farmers, tourists and locals were taken to Africa and were on their feet dancing....Wonderful!

[@nicholasowitioginga5009]

That was so fantastic. I wish I was there.

[@mwanafalsafa3613]

Wonderful moment it must have been,by any chance you recorded a video?

[@prof.oduoroduor6471]

a proud luhyia with luo blood... hehehe.. who is enjoying this favourite in 2019......... great luo culture

[@gabrielotieno2424]

Otile brown

[@prof.oduoroduor6471]

@@gabrielotieno2424 amefanya nini?

[@renmumbo100]

Hehe

[@prof.oduoroduor6471]

@@renmumbo100 hehehe.. umefika huku

[@renmumbo100]

@@prof.oduoroduor6471 kabisa, hua naskiza hii hit leo Ndo nimeona comment yako

[@janedorothy2463]

Who's still watching with me this 2018?...proud Luo

[@nyalalastephen9541]

Am with you nyathiwa

[@fredrickooko8917]

Am with you , i miss Otieno Aloka "mama piny agonda"

[@josephofula8907]

Jane Dorothy here I am, reminds me when I was in Ugenya very young by then.

[@e.crabtree4313]

Mit ndi, ahero ka luoko wang'a. Kata yier milielo to bende onge! Luo yawa, Luo sirikal. Ahero law Mama moruako majan. Ka ojogi to iwit kama aneno maler, mile bende iromo chuth.

[@ridersandroadsafety2501]

If I'm not wrong this was in UMALA village because these women are familiar

[@rajuu2136]

Am not luo am Somali but since I have interacted with the luos , I love you guys alot. Luopeans 👊😍 love your songs and your lifestyle really it makes me feel fantastic 🔥

[@evanceokoth3738]

we should bless you with a luopean beb from the lake side.... thnks alot and bigup somali

[@rajuu2136]

@@evanceokoth3738 thanks alot I'll always love luopeans no matter what their ascent of speaking it's cute. Not forgetting those songs I swear uh cant just sit down and litsen to them without standing up and dancing your shoulders to the song💘

[@evanceokoth3738]

@@rajuu2136 ,WELCOME, please enjoy ,

[@josephineachieng9044]

Thanks somali we love you too

[@cynthiariisah2050]

Loved u guy already sounds nice

[@mercylineawuor5456]

2024 still vibing please like if you still seeing this in 2024

[@byttlejuice145]

Ugandan luo here haha, Okello Ochako Thume, Okello has started his music, need more please, and I understand most things he is saying.

[@paulomondi4269]

Are you padhola?

[@carolinendinya9190]

Wow kudos,,,

[@samueljim8213]

Our luo talent straight from Sudan, northern Uganda to Kenya

[@wbabu6155]

I have always loved Luo music and dance! I'm a Kikuyu. Some of my favorite artists like DO MIsiani and Collela Mazeee have since passed on. Sad!

[@clydecarter8411]

I can see images of my long gone ancestors expressed in the faces of the dancing women, and in the rich cultural rymth of this musical genious performance. Thank you all and please let save this world from destruction, with love from Barbados❤🧡💛💫💥.

[@GeorgeOkumuOmollo]

You were here a year ago. You are still here today? MUCH LOVE into our cultural history. The musicians are from my village

[@clydecarter8411]

@@GeorgeOkumuOmollo Thanks George, and it is my hope that the spirit of our ancestors continue to guide and protect us.

[@stanstano6064]

Feel at home

[@Savic08]

This band would entertain us greatly at ukambani..we love those beats🔥🔥 and the vocals

[@davidinyoung3046]

Who's still vibin' with this in 2020 🔥🔥🇰🇪💯

[@queenwere1]

2021 and I am having a good time

[@ricky_nazz3183]

2023 we still here!

[@nyarjohn747]

2024

[@luckysosplaylist7541]

mit aduwa jo thurwa...the fact that he uses the traditional musical instruments to produce exceptional music is joy to my lakeside brothers

[@madawokevinochieng6588]

Back in North carolina USA listening to this, really a charming song.

[@albiryusuf1680]

Madawokevin Ochieng jamming to this full blast all the way from Omaha, Ne and all my palls in love with it.

[@santossantos4189]

Omin wod twon wod Jaluo oywayo lyec ki yibe ,wee ni mit tutwal ,jok jok mamalo ,apwoyo. Brother son of Luo ,who pulls an elephant with its. tail , your music is very nice heavenly God bless you thanks (an wod Acoli ) am an Acoli man .

[@GJames-ng7xw]

U understand the Kenyan Luo?

[@KevHaggai]

I'm Luo and I clearly understand this.

[@thomasaoko8477]

Don't you understand his Luo?​@GJames-ng7xw

[@lugslugittorhkaester7562]

The old grannys, love their dance. Aloka you should have shown us more of them... All these reminds me of funerals those days, Aloka was the man to play in disco matanga after burial, then when he's left and everybody's gone you start to feel the gap left by the diceased and the loneliness downs on you and you now know your loved one is really gone forever never to return.

[@peterwallacepeter8303]

I concour with u lugs..very true

[@kennethotieno995]

Disco matanga was Africans way of dealing with grief

[@carenbuluma3542]

I really miss my mom who passed away and she used to dance aloka's music. Rest in peace mom till we meet again.

[@owinojesse-bobogembo9602]

This song garnered over 800k...wuoi ma piere otar onindo e par,ma kworo🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@ambroseoyamo7404]

Par was a very reckless place to sleep. But what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger 😭

[@twinscapital5207]

2019 still watching and listening. who is with me... I love it Originality Aloka mambo biad.

[@wakilinathannjoroge835]

Those ladies aren't letting the music go to waste. May God give them good health and more life to enjoy life for many more year

[@opiyo417]

That's the spirit!

[@rogershadao1975]

When drum like is main instrument then it becomes Ohangla music. The rest are accompaniments. So in this set are two music genres namely Orutu (Being played here) and Ohangla (Drum lying) but not in play. When in play as lead instrument the music is Ohangla. Both, however are in some situations played together depending on preferences to form a mix of either Orutu or Ohangla.

[@castrowaero]

This is June 2019 but I'm still watching this, luo wan malo. Proudly luo. Proudly Tanzanian.

[@PeterOluoch]

This is my village. Aluny, Siaya, Kenya.

[@bramwelkamau9725]

Is this guy is from siaya??

[@safpeakmedia5934]

@@bramwelkamau9725 yes

[@danisomondi5210]

@@bramwelkamau9725 yep

[@danisomondi5210]

So you own the village 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bramwelkamau9725]

@@danisomondi5210 uyu jamaa n musician mkali although siskii

[@BEL-qy4yu]

Authentic luo heritage. love this original luo instruments . I cant have enough of this stuff.

[@elijahnyakundi7157]

The rylics you dance without talking not to miss the sweat tunes

[@jacobomondi5111]

I love this originality of Ohangla gentre.I witnessed this at early age wonderful.Old folks enjoyed then.Proud Luo from Congo

[@mriitho]

Alur?

[@vibeswithwairimu-gz4fb]

This song just makes me happy. I deeply appreciate the luo culture and its diversity

[@philippaudi3551]

It's high time we embrace our culture as a people from nyanza ....I would like to be a traditionalist

[@kaimelucahkarimi5028]

Love watching Luo traditional songs.They are well choreographed.

[@stevemakathiambo8403]

they came to play in my step grandmother's funeral. back in 1997. We danced .the whole village came the young and old .

[@djnickymosh7867]

October 2023. Here i came again.... how i wish life could be paused just for a moment and reversed, ooh gone are the old days... live long aloka wuod okombe, wuod ting wang'i!

[@newtonerick2368]

Traditional song, cultural diversity.....am very proud to be a Luo. Viva!

[@josephonyango7254]

The real ohangla still enjoying it 2021 Aloka the man to watch😅

[@YouthCan254]

Ayiegi nyiri mamielgo.... Im enjoying from Texas

[@josephotieno3943]

Otieno Aloka wuod Alego Siaya Kakan Randago. Now this what we call traditional ohangla. Originality is gold. Baas yoka muziki ndugu yangu

[@prof.oduoroduor6471]

i can watch this 1000000times a day without tire... whhi is here 2019 na hagongi like..... luhya here but a luo culture inside...

[@VeejayRampay]

This is truly amazing, thanks for sharing a piece of the Luo culture with us.

[@juvenaldasilva413]

extremely nice ,cheers from Angola 🇦🇴

[@moustaphambaye8029]

Oh! Que c'est beau , quelle joie de vivre, respect à nos musiciens

[@AKenyan]

This is a perfect tune ❤and the lady dancing. Ni rwimbo rwega muno ma

[@collinsmboha5137]

Wuo Alego Randago !!! 2019 we still watching 👊👊👊💕❤️

[@babuitalanyi7230]

Everything is rhythm, vibrations. Gratitude to our Ancestors for you GODS.

[@amosoburu]

now this is true luo culture depicted in luo music

[@linusogweno5912]

This is so cool... This is true talent and display of African culture. We should promote this kind of music. these old ladies are so modest and so beautiful. Am proud of them. Congratulation to Aloka Ohangla. Keep it up brother.

[@nyalalastephen9541]

Kano jaumoyaa mano adier makende

[@minevagachomo7206]

Love the music Show more of the women dancing next time

[@johnirungu3161]

Beautiful song... we can’t be more proud of our diversity than this. Long live ohangla.

[@peterwallacepeter8303]

our Alego grannies does no mistake when they take it to the dance floor I promise you this was just awarm up dance.......am nt swallowing my words u can see if you have naked eye......

[@sejerian]

Awuoro nyaseje kaugagi........mitu nyere......wuod alego inyala wang'ni Jah bless

[@wambuikiboi8713]

Iam a kikuyu I can't understand luo but I can't get enough of this song..🎶🎶🎶

[@nathanomwangeomwange5574]

Am Soo proud you guys am omwange Nathan jakamreri watching from the city of Nairobi uthiru

[@19915105]

How I wish such bands can exist into the future. The old me to dance to this in 2060

[@biyogoaugustin931]

Hahaha

[@duncanobondo]

Enjoying original Luo ohangla 2024. Kudos

[@gladysaluoch1183]

We should have public places reserved for these kinds of music at least once a month so the youth can have a glimpse of what our music used to be like

[@JadeNyawira-z9r]

Ooh 😢this is beautiful i feel like crying,i don't understand the language but the instruments are hitting me hard...from central kenya 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@denniskabuitu7726]

Ndi mugikuyu na mimi manapenda hii nyimbo sana, goosebumps tupu...

[@Pohl.K]

i love this tune,otieno aloka,come back to the traditional songs,very soothing indeed..achana na kina ohangla

[@jellowglow]

I jut met nice Kenyan guy at the gym in Tokyo and he showed me this! He told me many stuffs about Kenya 🇰🇪 He has great passion and he told me he will build school in Kenya one day. We promised that I’m gonna perform in his school! We will make it!

[@silass7957]

The one thing I always love about this groups is the lyrics, quite the punchlines... Mit aduwa

[@jursperhernandez8534]

That's it

[@ronnieraney]

I connect deeply with this for some reason. I love Kenyan music.

[@afriquecyberguardacademy]

Juogi, now this is the music without borders . Hits differently with the drum beating as the heartbeat.

[@Illiterate_Luo]

Magi iwende Luo koro🤩😘,wendi miwero tindegi oonge maah,mara chwade gi nyundo,wat are those?!

[@hasmukhpatel4085]

Wow.What a wonderful Performance by everyone.long may this culture survive.

[@joanatienoonyango3036]

This should be a serious career path. It'll surely employ a good number of people if well promoted, with music composers, singers, choreographers, instrumentalists and instruments manufacturers getting good business.

[@nicholasowitioginga5009]

Very true.

[@lavineoduor2189]

When ohangla was ohangla, love you papa😍😍😍😍#aloka nyale

[@jahissa]

Jajuok Ohero wach ma Oiraaa...this is awesome Keep it up lets not loose our Cultures pongezi Awuoro

[@itzmuzick9542]

Who is watching this in 2019

[@osegocodes]

Am watching

[@christinemangira9884]

Me too really nice

[@richardokoth7218]

the guy has really changed i see him almost daily and you cant believe it

[@evansochieng773]

Am watching

[@evansochieng773]

@@richardokoth7218 where is the guy

[@richardgaya3965]

Watching in 2021.....it will NEVER AGE!!!! The underlying humour!!!!! Just amazing!!!!! This is what the so called gentrified rumba-like version is clearly missing and in addition missing out on!!!! The real very soul and spirit of the music!! One can see it in the mien of the dancers!! Observe as the spirits of the departed ancestors seem to take hold of the occasion towards the end!!

[@jakagerokeukamrembo9465]

pure and natural music, this is when music was music

[@gloriousnp]

Proudly LUO from Tanzania(shirati) Ma mit ndii

[@patrickstarshooter5221]

Hi, I am so keen on learning more about my brothers from Tanzania, I'm a Luo from Uganda (Acholi/Alur). Up until now, I didn't even know there was a Luo tribe in Kenya.

[@AllAgainstOdds]

Proud Luo of South Sudan. I also only discovered that there are Luo in Tanzania. So greetings to you my fellow Luos.

[@otienoochola]

How are you my brothers from, Tanzania, South Sudan and Uganda?! Am a Luo from Kenya..

[@emilyachieng5327]

@@patrickstarshooter5221 and me I didn't know that I have Luo brothers and sisters in Uganda

[@felixmakinda7689]

​@@patrickstarshooter5221Luo is one of the biggest and most popular tribes of Kenya. Great Luos include Raila Odinga, Jaramogi, Barack Obama Snr and Jr., Lupita Nyong'o. Those are big names globally.

[@sorinpreoteasa7955]

I like this style of music. You must continue to show your traditions. Identity is given by traditions. "let us pull together"

[@ocayaro]

I have no idea what they are singing about but there is something otherworldly about this tune. It would make a good ending credits song for an African-themed documentary.

[@realitybwakire]

Now I know where RAO got his funny dancing style 🤣I love luopeans ❤

[@GeorgeOkumuOmollo]

Haha

[@elianesantanna8867]

Já sei de onde vem minha paixão pelos ritmos diferenciados, enfim pela música

[@khajulamukhere7577]

It's here in Kenya

[@casperolu7973]

Listening to the tune of my ancestors. 2019.

[@esthernyawade8593]

I will watch these songs again and again. Otieno Aloka is wise,, what he sings in his live is just change of words.

[@lisa07ization]

Played this over 10 times. We love our Luo friends ⛸🇰🇪💯And All other 40+tribes Kenya is better without AlShabaab and haters🇰🇪⛸💯💒🔭🚦❤️🖤💚

[@jackiephyll1250]

Old is gold ✨️, these are the best .

[@delirium11]

Thank you for recording and sharing this amazing music! Phenomenal performance! Amazing instrument. Ethnic music of African people always moves heart strings❤, it is always seems recognizable.

[@noahowino5473]

Waaaauu,,the mamas remind me of my late grandma,may her soul rest in peace

[@opaslifestyle]

The old woman with owalo dancing adds more juice to this, super 👌 😍

[@dareminderblackseed]

Modern Ohangla producers are starving us our original beats, Y'all doing really great job still . yes n congratulations n I salute y'all esp #WuodFibi . I beg you guys to please pick few elements from our original sound n make it complement the beautiful modern Ohangla you've reinvented it into.Reggae created Dancehall,to date modern Dancehall borrows few original instruments from the ancient reggae roots music.just a request family .love you all again.. I leave w Love n respect . #WeDonjuok

[@harrykamaumidigo2076]

Pure Ohangla Music.. Aloka 🔥🔥🔥❤

[@kevinawimbo854]

Otieno Aloka was a real traditional instrumentalist. A pure musical staff. Not the current hybrid instrumentation.

[@BoniOdinga-m5g]

Even him he's succumbing to the 'laziness' of the keyboard; programs everything, then plays alone!☹

[@sotonyechukwu7786]

Kenyans say Luo are brothers of us (Naija). I can see it, beautiful music, I also see similarities in the names!

[@paulrabolo4309]

2021 who is here with me, am proud to be a luo

[@wycliffewafula-fz8ox]

Mimi APA ,though I changed my name when I was adopted 😢

[@fuegoradio...81]

As a music connoisseur, please allow me to call this medicine .

[@kevinOmondi-ur4nz]

Yath

[@selvohondego3218]

Very nice music..Am impressed with the old mama carrying a club..her dance moves are so perfect.

[@KenaBrownOti]

Now that's my culture, we need to protect it fiercely. Keep up the good work bro

[@kiimajay]

Awww this reminds me of some of my favourite people in the world

[@minblessing7175]

Aloka ma wuod John Onyiro the late bar sauri village manaigocho edalagi, I big up u more osiep fadhee👊👊👊

[@lennyonyango3224]

When music was pure art and passion

[@vincentoduor2695]

Aloka my best.... plz come back to Barchando, bondo. You really enternained us while you were there last time

[@captainomala5451]

I opened this by mistake but am damn downloading this song 🔥 it's a first have never heard of such

[@jpmusicofficial3681]

HOW I WISH THIS PROJECT COME BACK AGAIN IN 2023 MY CHOIR IN WESTNILE WOULD PATICIPATE

[@appoloniaaokoonyango7545]

Beautiful! And the grannies are feeling the music💃👍

[@gysimeomx1]

love it,great video they got soul.

[@reaganobonyo]

Luo tradition songs are just the best...mituu yawa