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unyago

unyago noun: 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.

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.
    • 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.2015 December 19, “Female-Driven Multiple Concurrent Sexual Partnership Systems in a Rural Part of a Southern Tanzanian Province”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of unyago

From Swahili unyago.

Questions about unyago

What does unyago mean?
Unyago means 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.
What part of speech is unyago?
Unyago is a noun.

Words near unyago in the dictionary

  1. unwrought
  2. unwrung
  3. UNWTO
  4. unxenophobic
  5. unyachtsmanlike
  6. unyago
  7. unyard
  8. unyarded
  9. unyarding
  10. unyards
  11. unyeaned

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