- Ritual
- nitha（ニタ、年齢組形成儀礼）
- Region and community
- エチオピア南西部Lower Omo／Mursi男子
- 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
- Ethiopia18 yearsEthiopia · Calendar unspecified · Separate provisions govern court-ordered emancipation and marriage. · Law and supporting sources
About the rite
Nitha is a Mursi age-set formation ceremony in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo region. It creates and names a new male age set, or teny. Members become rora, junior elders, and acquire the standing of full social adults, with responsibilities for security and community affairs.
The latest new age set documented by the researcher-and-community resource Mursi Online was formed in January 1991. A separate rite marking an age-grade transition took place in 2010.
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