Encyclo-Paideia
A Thematic Multilingual Dictionary of Male Initiation/Passage Rituals
Copyright © Diederik F. Janssen, MD, BA
2006/2007
"Oh, courage, boy,
Oh, the knife is at hand,
That ended pleasure with birds,
Oh courage, boy"
(from a Mariri song, sung by Meru male initiation candidates in the weeks prior to their circumcision)
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Janssen, D. F. (2008). Initiation and passage: Multilingual encyclopedic and bibliographic approach. World Cultures eJournal, 16(2), Article 5 [pp. 1-8]. <http://repositories.cdlib.org/wc/worldcultures/vol16/iss2/art5>
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