gerugeru1 ceremony of cutting only the hair on the forehead which comes [...]

Part of Speech n3
    • ceremony of cutting only the hair on the forehead which comes out of the upee hat
      • culture
      • Example 1557:
        Kamuru vai bono vunuu vai to paa sue nom arai, o gerugeru.
        They now cut the hair we've been talking about, the gerugeru ceremony.
        Source: Kae 02R 084-085

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  • See also:
    • kamuru shave the hair on the head (also as part of the boys' initiation and the vaasipoana)
    • inu vaa kamuru house where the boys' hair is shaved in the gerugeru ceremony
    • vatavatava1 incision
    • vatavatava2 undergo the scarring ceremony