vaaupee go through the boys' initiation

• • go through the boys' initiation
  • • culture

  • • Example 8264:
      

      A puana na suguna en, enaa he vaupee nom.

      The war arrived here, when I was going through the boys' initiation.

      Source:

      Hoa 02E(Joy) 019

    • Example 8265:
      

      E teiee to kahi nao nana tea vaaupee, a beiko vaasau pasi mee vori, mepaa no vaatii bari inu bona vue, inu vai to dao riori bona tobara, to tii nana komana rasuu.

      Whoever will go through the initiation ritual, whatever child they will take there, they will put him into this house, this house that they call tobara, that is inside the jungle.

      Source:

      San 03R 013

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• See also:
  • upee¹ special hat worn by boys during the initiation rites. The upee hat hides the hair, which is growing into dreadlocks
  • upee² boy going through the initiation rites and wearing the upee hat
  • upee³ boys' initiation. During the initiation period, the boys are excluded from the community. They wear hats called "upee" in order to keep their hair, which is growing into dreadlocks, hidden. After a certain time when they have grown into manhood, the boys are brought back to the village and are presented to their parents and the other people