Encara no tenim significats per a "initiatory rites".
1The course of life is settled at the time of the initiatory rites.
2Sacrifice is the foremost of all initiatory rites, and Maghavat of the deities.
3The intention of the initiatory rites seems to be to introduce the young men to the ancestral spirits.
4After these initiatory rites the lads are deemed men, and may marry; it would be a scandal if they married before.
5It was also central to healing rituals and to the initiatory rites of passage of young adolescents into manhood and womanhood.
Aquesta col·locació està formada per: