unyago

English

Etymology

From Swahili unyago.

Noun

unyago (uncountable)

1. In Swahili culture, a set of rituals that use music and dance to celebrate the coming of age of girls, teaching them about sex and conjugal life.
   • 2015 December 19, “Female-Driven Multiple Concurrent Sexual Partnership Systems in a Rural Part of a Southern Tanzanian Province”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Largely missing from the discussion on multiple concurrent sexual partnerships is how the lessons and experiences on sexuality at a young age, by traditions such as unyago, play out in adult life.

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Noun

unyago (u class, no plural)

1. unyago (set of rituals that use music and dance to celebrate the coming of age of girls, teaching them about sex and conjugal life)

Related terms

• jando (“circumcision rites”)