- Ritual
- Nyau加入とGule Wamkulu
- Region and community
- マラウイ・ザンビア・モザンビーク／チェワ社会
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation
- Legal age of majority
- MalawiGeneral civil age of majority remains unidentified · The constitution defines a child as a person under 18. General civil majority remains unidentified.Malawi · Law and supporting sources
About the rite
Among Chewa communities in Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique, boys enter Nyau through initiation; Gule Wamkulu masked dance appears at the completion of that process. The passage admits initiates to a body of adult knowledge and community obligation.
UNESCO inscribed Gule Wamkulu as intangible cultural heritage in 2008. The dance remains a living tradition and is also performed outside initiations.
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