unyago
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
unyago (uncountable)
- 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], :
- 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[edit]
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Noun[edit]
unyago (u class, no plural)
- 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[edit]
- jando (“circumcision rites”)