ケニア・トゥルカナ社会

Asapan

日本語で読む
Asapan: Turkana Men Enter the Asapan Age Grade
Ritual
Asapan(アサパン・男子成人加入儀礼)
Region and community
ケニア・トゥルカナ社会
Age at the cultural rite
Variable or not confirmed in the source
Transition conditions
Community initiation / Age-grade transition / New social responsibilities
Legal age of majority

About the rite

Turkana Asapan places a boy under sponsors and elders who teach him before his recognition as an adult man with new duties. Academic and community-museum work documents the age-grade passage in the 2020s. Related Karimojong rites remain regionally distinct.