- Ritual
- Tchikoumbi / Tchikumbi（少女の成熟儀礼）
- Region and community
- コンゴ共和国／ヴィリ・ヨンベ等
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation / Trial or training
- Legal age of majority
- Congo18 yearsCongo · Calendar unspecified · Legal capacity may be acquired before majority in specified circumstances, such as marriage. · Law and supporting sources
About the rite
Tchikoumbi gives Vili and related girls instruction connected with their new social standing as women. The period brings girls together under senior women and ends with recognition by relatives and community.
Participant reporting in 2018 described the rite as continuing in some rural communities; it did not claim uniform practice throughout the Republic of the Congo.
Related rites
