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Originally posted by sajini:
Gacheri,
Ndunahitia. Uria tukugaga ni ati gutenderia ndeto ya uria gwekikire thingira kahinda karia arume makomereirie matumbi thiki mirongo iiri na igiri to cia kurutwo na nja, no maundu macio ukwaragi ani ma bata. Thii na mbere.

Guys, please guys!!!! You have all been there am sure.You swore and took an oath, that all that happens there in those many days shall remain a secret only known to yourselves and your comrades. I believe that oath is still relevant today. Personally i will maintain fidelity to it, will not betray a single concept.However, if you so wish, proceed.Lets our consciences be our judges.

Paka,am with you 100%.

Paka Mwitu and Courier
I feel you. Yes, we were exhorted to keep the secret. However, my reason for not telling has nothing to do with allegiance to the pact. I do not want to engage in the lurid details and the obscenities connected with the whole practice.

I also feel that with the current dynamics where kids as young as two days are undergoing the cut, the ritual element is no longer practical and is fast fading. Seems we belong to a generation that ios becoming an endangered species.

papa daad why no comment say something

No secret.
I heard that kikuyus "design" the area that is cut. and that all jamaas get a different "style". what was this?
Are there like Xs and Ys and Cs or something tattooed on it?
What am asking is; is Wangu and Kihia different? Sorry I have to use names.

Just came across this today
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070724/ap_on_he_me/aids_conference
Very intereting read on circumcision and AIDS

Maria,
That is a secret you are not supposed to know .

Maria,its a taboo to be in mens thingira1keep off!

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Originally posted by Maria:
No secret.
I heard that kikuyus "design" the area that is cut. and that all jamaas get a different "style". what was this?
Are there like Xs and Ys and Cs or something tattooed on it?
What am asking is; is Wangu and Kihia different? Sorry I have to use names.

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Maria,
That is a secret you are not supposed to know Big Grin.

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Maria,its a taboo to be in mens thingira1keep off! Mad Mad Mad

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Frowner Frowner Frowner Frowner

Now what is so "secret" and "taboo" about some kind of "scar"?
I don't see how my ignorance is of any use to society. Just tell me the big secret and it'll make us all better people.

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Now what is so "secret" and "taboo" about some kind of "scar"?

Even if it is explained to you, you will still not understand. There are some things about women that men should not bother to know, unless they are doctors, and there are some things about men that women shoul dnot bother knowing.

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Even if it is explained to you, you will still not understand. There are some things about women that men should not bother to know, unless they are doctors, and there are some things about men that women shoul dnot bother knowing.

But i should know... what if I marry a man with a mark that meant "outcast" or something? Or maybe that he has some kind of disease that has no cure but can be passed on to the next generations? I should know.
But why are they even "designed"?
What is there to understand about cutting a piece of skin? Its no deal, is it?
oh you can know about women if you're interested - there's nothing to hide.

We wont agree on this. I give up

Why won't you just say it??((()))

I can't understand....
But Daad, if you insist.
...it's so much easier with kihees; they don't have anything to hide.