- Ritual
- Ulwaluko（男子の成人儀礼）
- Region and community
- 南アフリカ・コサ族
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation / Trial or training
- Legal age of majority
- South Africa18 yearsSouth Africa · Calendar unspecified · Law and supporting sources
About the rite
In George, South Africa, amaXhosa, amaHlubi, and Basotho communities conduct Ulwaluko at designated initiation sites. Boys spend a period apart, receive instruction, and undergo bodily intervention before returning home.
The municipality set the official summer initiation season from 1 November 2024 to 31 January 2025 and published the approved sites. Homecoming celebrations called Umgidi receive graduates as having moved from boyhood into adult manhood.
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