- Ritual
- Labi（ラビ）
- Region and community
- 中央アフリカ共和国・グバヤ（Gbaya Kara）社会
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Religious initiation / Community initiation / Age-grade transition / Trial or training / New social responsibilities
- Legal age of majority
- Central African Republic18 years (per government report; subject to specific-law exceptions)Central African Republic · Civil capacity at 18 is stated in a government report. Subsequent enactment of the proposed family-code reform and specific-law exceptions have not been exhaustively verified. · Law and supporting sources 1 · Law and supporting sources 2 · Law and supporting sources 3
About the rite
In the Central African Republic, Gbaya Kara boys spent an extended period receiving instruction and undergoing trials during Labi. The rite prepared them to take their place as adult men. A 1991 ethnographic film records the process. It is unclear whether Labi is still practiced in the same form.
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