セネガル・ジョラ(ディオラ)社会

Bukut / Boukout

日本語で読む
Bukut / Boukout: Jola Initiates Return from the Sacred Grove
Ritual
Bukut/Boukout
Region and community
セネガル・ジョラ(ディオラ)社会
Age at the cultural rite
Variable or not confirmed in the source
Transition conditions
Community initiation
Legal age of majority

About the rite

Among the Jola of Senegal, boys taking part in Bukut, or Boukout, live together in a village forest and learn from elders before returning as adult men.

The ceremony varies from village to village. It was held in Thiobon in 2025 and in Karonate in 2026.