So if the alt-rite is a means of inclusion, it fails spectacularly. Two, you are right about rite of passage and belonging. In my view, the first part subsumes the second. I says this is a male Gikuyu (so my understanding is shaped by those two experiences).
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Your interpretation is probably shaped by your understanding of the process. Here we may different. But we can as well looked as the gendered aspect and church. First, PCEA church which you reference has sat at an interesting intersection with African cultural practices.
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But let's talk about belonging and rite of passage. I don't know about your view about rite of passage. What I can tell you is for most of us Gikuyu men, the rite is inculcated from early years of boyhood. It's one of the most salient elements of both masculinity and patriarchy.
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How big is family type this socialisation. The masculine ideas that birth Gikuyu male identity plays in a different social sphere, in most of our experience. The environment (social-econ class and space) is a big factor in mediating this. I am not sure about nature of relations.
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What I know about my generations (90s) and up to the millennium in my similar environment, we went and negotiated it with our fathers (or uncles). If you grew up in Dagoretti area, you said "I want to go to Rufus:" If you grew in Ngong, "I want to go to Mwangi."
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There are other realities that affected this-- finishing class 8 for example was a good signal irrespective of age. My point, women role in male circumcision has historically been limited. Secondly, male relatives are more likely to fill in the gap.
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I don't get the point of 'mother doing it.' It sounds like special circumstances (I speak as an uncle to several single-mothered young men).
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Money? "... The strict rite requires that you seclude him and hire folks o take care of him. Usually about 2-3 other young men who are paid..." This is very strange. Read about the Gikuyu concept of Mutiri. Where do you pay mutiri? Who pays them and why?
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And the medical expertise you are talking about... strictly, it's only needed during surgery. I can also tell you most modern day male circumcision is painless that only requires a week to heal. The cost you are speaking about sounds invented.
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Replying to @SpryVoice @ZakxMutugi
I said it before the actual removel of foreskin and healing of the penis are the beginning not end of the rite of passage. This is how the rite has evolved over time. In the villages it is still not a 2 week rite. There is a lot of ceremony (cost) involved.
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The beginning is actually in the upbringing. The actual circumcision is towards the climax. I think this is where we differ fundamentally. Cause even traditionally, once you have undergone the last part, it came with freedoms and responsibility.
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