- Ritual
- Bèka（ベカ）
- Region and community
- コンゴ共和国・バクウェレ（Bakouélé）社会
- Age at the cultural rite
- Age 12 / Age 13 / Age 14
- Transition conditions
- Reaching a recognized age / Community initiation
- 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
Bakouélé Bèka admits boys of roughly twelve to fourteen into adult male society. The available environmental and cultural study describes the age and social function of the rite and records it through 2024, but gives little public detail about the internal sequence.
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