Kenya
-- Sports,
Entertainment
and
Recreation
Soccer
is a very
popular
sport
and spectator
entertainment.
Teams
are formed
by ethnic
groups,
such as
Gor Mahia,
a Luo
team,
the armed
forces,
the police,
and by
corporations
and parastatals,
such as
Kenya
Breweries
and Kenya
Posts
and Telecommunications.
Boxing
is another
popular
competitive
sport.
For the
more affluent
in Kenyan
society,
clubs
offer
many kinds
of sports
to their
members,
including
squash,
swimming,
tennis
and cricket,
which
is a popular
sport
outside
of clubs
especially
among
the Indian
community.
Safari
rallies
are also
very popular,
if infrequent
sporting
events;
over Easter
Kenyans
can enjoy
the Marlboro/Epson
Safari
rally.
Sunday
afternoon
in Nairobi
can be
spent
at The
Ngong
Racetrack
watching
and betting
on horse
racing.
Secondary
schools
offer
many sporting
competitions
for their
students
and both
girls
and boys
take advantage
of this
opportunity.
Kenyan
runners
have become
famous
in international
competition,
especially
in the
long distance
events
and have
won gold
medals
in the
Olympics.
Bao,
a game
involving
a wooden
board
with a
number
of cups
holding
seeds
or stones,
is played
throughout
Kenya
but it
is most
popular
on the
coast.
There
are annual
national
Bao competitions
to determine
the best
players.
Going
to the
movies
is very
popular
among
young
people.
Kenya's
large
cities
have theaters
that show
international
films.
Martial
art and
action
packed
movies
are the
most popular,
but Indian
movies
also attract
large
audiences.
In recent
years,
entrepreneurs
have set
up "movie
houses"
in living
rooms
or kiosks
with a
television
and VCR
in many
rural
areas,
especially
in and
around
market
areas.
These
homespun
movie
houses
are doing
much business.
Discos
are also
very popular
among
young
people.
Most cities
have several
discos
and the
major
cities
such as
Nairobi
and Nakuru
boast
very sophisticated
discos.
Some of
the more
famous
discos
in Nairobi
include
Bubbles,
Carnivore
and Florida
2000.
Here too,
rural
entrepreneurs
with simple
stereo
equipment
produce
dances.
Music
is an
important
part of
life in
Kenya.
There
is a lively,
informal
music
production
and distribution
of foreign
and domestic
tapes.
Radio
stations
many hours
of music
programming
with a
variety
of European,
American,
and African
music.
Visiting
friends
and relatives
is the
most important
form of
entertainment,
especially
on weekends.
Urban
family
members
may visit
their
rural
homes
and exchange
food for
money
or material
goods
from the
cities.