Bungoma County Culture and Heritage Policy 2022

Abstract

Kenya adheres to UNESCO's definition of culture as "that whole complex of distinctive, spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features characterizing a society or social group. This definition encompasses, in addition to art and literature, lifestyles, ways of living together, value accepted systems, traditions and beliefs". Culture gives a people their identity, which is passed on from one generation to another. Culture is thus the totality of a people's way of life. However, culture is dynamic and may be enriched by a gradual and innovative change process. County heritage on the other hand may be defined as the sum total of all the creativity in all its forms preserved, enhanced and handed over to future generations as a record of human experience and aspirations