AN uneasy tension engulfs rural communities in Limpopo when young initiates are away undergoing their rite of passage in the mountains – but when they
AN uneasy tension engulfs rural communities in Limpopo when young initiates are away undergoing their rite of passage in the mountains – but when they eventually return home after a month villages explode in wild celebration. The Limpopo provincial government in South Africa approved 680 initiation schools this year after a two year break enforced by covid-19 lockdown - where more than 100 000 initiates enlisted to undergo their rite of passage.
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