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In what ways have the initiation rites changed today?

      

Give ways in which the initiation rites have changed today.

  

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Maurice
(i) Many prefer to go for circumcision in hospitals.

(ii) The age for initiation has shifted from adolescent to young children.

(iii) It is carried out at family level not communal in most cases.

(iv) Female circumcision has been outlawed.

(v) Some initiation rites have been abandoned, for example, the removal of teeth.

(vi) The rites are less elaborate.

(vii) Some communities have adopted initiation rites from others.

(viii) The times for initiation have been shifted due to formal schooling.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on July 8, 2017 at 13:43


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