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Puberty Rites Anthony Osafo
Many cultures all over the world have special ways of celebrating a young girls "coming of age" or puberty. ...
After the child naming ceremony, puberty rites are the next set of rituals of social status transformation which children undergo in Ghanaian culture. The most well preserved puberty rites are the “Dipo” of the “Krobo” ethnic group and the “Bragoro” of the Ashantis. ... In Ghana only a small section of ethnic groups usually found in the northern parts of the country have initiation rites for men and where they occur they are done in secret and not given as much prominence as that for young women.
Puberty is defined as the age or period at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction. ...
According to traditional law no woman is allowed to get married without going through the puberty rites and every young woman must remain a virgin prior to this. ... These laws are so important that any woman who gets pregnant or breaks her virginity before the rites are performed is sometimes ostracized together with the man responsible for it. On top of that, a heavy fine is imposed on the guilty party after which purification rites are performed to rid the society of the negative repercussions of their actions.
Approximate Word count = 988
Approximate Pages = 4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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