Last Saturday, July 18th, was Karamoja Cultural Day and it was centered here in Moroto. This was the 2nd annual celebration of the Karimojong culture. This year it was organized for a shrine to be built on the parade grounds and a bull was sacrificed by the elders with all the horror of the animistic ceremony imaginable, to the delight of onlookers. In addition, a group from the clan of Moroto district, orchastrated the ritual of kidnapping a girl, and forcing her to marry one of their members, complete with blood drinking and the worship that goes with forcing her into a new family. The Karimojong people so need the move of the Holy Spirit in their lives. My heart was so grieved by all the spectators, many from other parts of Uganda, photographing the event as though it was entertainment. The Karimojong seem not to grasp that these rituals only affirm the subhuman association the rest of Uganda has of them. Please pray that this darkness that is destroy the souls of many Karimojong would flee from the light of Christ. That the few true Christ followers among the Karimojong would rise up and truly beat with Christ’s heart for their fellow tribesmen.
