mukanda

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• The term mukanda designates not only the entire ritual but also the structures and the site itself, located a few hundred yards from the village, near a river or brook.

  Academic text (1999)

• For mukanda graduates, the trip begins in the initiation camp, the place of their symbolic death as children.

  Academic text (1999)

• On a physical level, they keep women away from the mukanda camp and the ritual bathing site at the river.

  Academic text (1998)

• The bond between mother and son is finally broken when the initiate leaves mukanda.

  Academic text (1998)

• By acting the part of the "unknowing" audience in mukanda, they allow men the secrets through which they create boundaries and their own power.

  Academic text (1998)

• This formalized "play" continues until the likishi leaves for another community or returns to mukanda.

  Academic text (1998)

• Masks perform in the village during the season of Mukanda, when newly circumcised boys receive instruction in the initiation lodge outside the village.

  Academic text (1995)

• Beginning in the mid-afternoon, each likishi that appeared during mukanda sequentially comes into view at the end of the road, dances with the mothers, then leaves, making way for the next likishi.

  Academic text (1998)

• During the day, however, the initiate stays in a mukanda (Fig. 1), a small, roofless enclosure located outside the village (White 1962:5).

  Academic text (1998)

• During the initiation period, boys stay in a mukanda to learn about cultural traditions and adult responsibilities.

How Intense

ordeal

137 4.8

mukanda

• South African

9.9

rite of passage

30 5.7

camp

∞ 1.0

retreat

69 4.2

Surface Forms

Etymology