This tree is used in the kilokat, Jitunga and Para-panyan ceremonies. For the Maasai, Mt. Kenya of the prayers is the beautiful Ol Donyio Keri, for the white glaciers on the mountain contrast with dark valleys, forming one sacred mountain. By celebrating the pattern keri, the pattern of contrast, the mountain affirms differences in families, groups and societies. Similarly the hill Koimuron is sacred for it is one of the key features in Pokot oral literature. Peace is known even in war.
Bright beads shine among the dark and beauty in ugliness, order in disorder.
The Pokot elders sit in a semi circle in order of senior to junior elder, and they face Mt, Mtelo. Kirket is a communal eating ritual when the oxen or the enemy are eaten. Both the parties mix the blood of the oxen from the two sides with the milk of cows from both the sides and drunk. Its top is usually in the clouds, which associates the mountain with Ilat. Standing like a rock in the hazards of life is the ideal.