- Ritual
- dyényé／dyendye（ディェニェ、Coniagui男子加入）
- Region and community
- ギニア北西部Youkounkoun・セネガル国境域／Coniagui男子
- Age at the cultural rite
- Age 17 / Age 18
- Transition conditions
- Reaching a recognized age / Community initiation / Age-grade transition / Trial or training
- Legal age of majority
- Guinea18 yearsGuinea · Calendar unspecified · Adult protection rules apply under Article 578 and the following provisions. · Law and supporting sources
- Senegal18 yearsSenegal · Calendar unspecified · Law and supporting sources
About the rite
In Coniagui dyényé, boys of about seventeen or eighteen pass through public rites and ordeals before entering a sacred area, where elders instruct them during seclusion. On completion they are recognized as men and enter a new age grade.
Film from 1957 and ethnographic records document the sequence directly, while research around 2022 reports continuing initiation across the Guinea–Senegal border region. A recent individual ceremony date has not been established.
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