- Ritual
- Kankurang／カンクラン
- Region and community
- セネガル・ガンビア／マンディンカ
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation / New social responsibilities
- Legal age of majority
- Senegal18 yearsSenegal · Calendar unspecified · Law and supporting sources
About the rite
Kankurang appears during Mandinka boys’ initiation and guards the period in which elders teach history, rules, and communal duties. The boys return with a changed social standing. UNESCO describes the initiatory system, while a separate 2025 record supplies the contemporary event evidence.
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