... lake and would shout out the baby's new name in the name and blessing of God. Other traditions included the 'Sacred Manhood Training' this was a important feature in my life. One afternoon suddenly I was taken from my village I was covered with a yellow sack it was placed on top of my head, I don't remember much but we were forced to walk a long distance in with the sack covering out faces, we all held on to each other and walked in a line one after the other, I did not know was going to happen to us and what these people where going to do to us. At the age of 15 every boy is taken to a sacred part of the village, we are not told about this ceremony by our parents. 'Sacred Manhood Training' it is a tradition of a boy becoming a man. ...

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