the last time i heard, rumour had it that prior to 2002 elections he qualified for consultation.

Jewish circumcision is in honoring the covenant between God and Abraham. The African rite assumes once you shed off the skin you are mature and a better thinker. I dont think this is true. Growing up is independent of the state of the physical features down there...

User, what you are saying is very true. A kihii is a boy who has not gone through an adulthood ritual (Not just cutting of foreskin). Once you go through such aritual, you behave like an adult. The impact the ritual has on you is what matters, not jsut the removal of a piece of dirty skin. A Jaluo on the other hadn has discarded his childish to adulthood rituals such as removal of teeth which came with teachings etc. The boys in Luo land grow up like maize stalk, tehy never know when they become mature for adulthood, they have no mentors. Wha t you would call mentors are cartoons who have been installed as elders without a ritual process. you are given an artire which you wear on that day but you don't evern keep it. With asians, red indians etc, they have there rituals which they perform, some even more severe than removal of foreskin. Stop thinking like a jaluo.

History told us what these rites of passage meant/signified to the people who practiced them..... Things have now changed especially with the legal systems etc.... In absence of the modern legal system, these rights were very important because they indicated who could do what and when.... who had what responsibilities etc. They were important in their own right at the time.

Dont ask me about their significance today when we have our boys circumcised before they leave the hospital after birth.

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