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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