Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests' has mentioned 'Forest' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| sacred forest of the Mijikenda people in the former Coast Province of Kenya | WIKI |
| Kaya (plural makaya or kayas) is a sacred forest of the Mijikenda people in the former Coast Province of Kenya. | WIKI |
| The kaya forest is considered to be an intrinsic source of ritual power and the origin of cultural identity;[1][2] it is also a place of prayer for members of the particular ethnic group. | WIKI |
| [3] The settlement, ritual centre, and fortified enclosure associated with the forest are also part of the kaya. | WIKI |
| [8] While visitors are not allowed to enter most makaya, Kaya Kinondo, a 30-hectare forest on Diani Beach, allows visitors and falls under the auspices of the Kaya Kinondo Ecotourism Project. | WIKI |
| The villages have lowland tropical forest areas in their surrounds and were reached via paths through the forest. | WIKI |
| The forest flora was used solely for the collection of medicinal herbs. | WIKI |
| In the present day, intensive deforestation for agricultural use and logging necessitated declaring 38 kaya forest areas legally as national monuments. | WIKI |
| Entry into the forest was dictated by the traditional rules set by a governing body called the ngambi formed by elderly members of the community. | WIKI |
| This governing body was primarily concerned with its management, conservation and utilization of the biological resources in adherence to the traditional beliefs about the sacredness of the forest. | WIKI |
| It is also believed that food cooked using wood from these sacred forest could cause sickness, and also that a dwelling built with timber drawn from the forest would collapse. | WIKI |
| The conservation of the sacredness of the forest was aimed at preserving its darkness. | WIKI |
| The forest around the Kayas have been nurtured by the Mijikenda community to protect the sacred graves and groves and are now almost the only remains of the once extensive coastal lowland forest. | UNESCO |
| As part of this process, certain restrictions were placed on access and the utilisation of natural forest resources. | UNESCO |
| The integrity of the Kayas relates to the intactness of their forest surroundings which has been compromised for Kaya Kinondo. | UNESCO |