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Bold textToday I'm beginning my research on the sambia people. I already have a lot of prior knowledge on this culture, and think that the information on them that is currently published, doesn't represent them in a proper ethnocentric way.

Through the reading and lectures on these people that I had for my Anthropology class I can easily explain the 6 parts of the rites of passages that the Sambia boys endure.

I think the information given on these people is not represented in a non-judgemental way.

We are not supposed to judge other cultures based on our own, but instead observe their way of thinking in order to understand it better.

Another very crucial part of their culture that is not mentioned in the article is the presence of women, and their roles. I plan to expand on that greatly.

I also learned more today about how their culture is changing.

Resources: the best resource i have found so far is my required text book for my anthropology class. it has the most accurate and in-depth information about these people and their way of life. this source also includes an in-depth view of the rites of passages that the young boys participate in order to fully transition into manhood. I plan to separate the information into several subcategories. For example:

1.) Male Rites of Passage

2.) Living huts and the different types

3.) Gender Roles and Sexuality

Living huts: Menarch Hut: The menarche huts are strictly for female use only. the women reside in these huts through the duration of their menstrual cycle.

clubhouse: this hut is where the men go to bond and be separate from the women while they are completing their rites of passages.

Gender roles and sexuality: The Sambia people believe greatly in the necessity of gender roles within their culture. The relationships between men and women of all ages, within this tribe, are quite complex and involve a lot of rules/restrictions. For example, the boys are removed from their mothers at the young age of seven, in order to strip them of contact with their mothers. They even perform a ritual called "blood letting" on the boys who have just been isolated from their mothers in order to rid them of their mother's contaminated blood that has a pretense within them. This separation is not do to the men hating the women, but because they live in fear of the women in the tribe, and are taught at a young age about the women's ability to demascluinize and manipulate men. The women possess what the sambia call "tingu" which allows them to use their manipulation skills. In order to combat the women's sorcery, the men go through their Rites of Passages ', where they learn to safely have intercourse with women without becoming trapped metaphorically by them.

Male Rites of Passages: 1.) Maku: This is the first Right of passage for the boys. They are separated from their mothers at this stage, they participate in blood letting(process in which they stick long sticks up their nostrils to make them bleed,and therefore rid themselves of their mothers' presence in them. The samba people don't believe that makes are born with semen and so, during Maku, the boys participate in "felleto". They are also required to stick to a strict diet during this time period which is from age 7-10.this state lasts for three years from the age 10-13 years old.

2.)Imbutu : Imbutu is filled with comaradaire, male bonding, and rewards for making it through the first set of Rites.

3.) Ipmangwi: during this stage the boys begin to go through puberty, and they no longer need to participate in "felleto" They also learn gender roles, and how to have appropitate intercourse. Once they have learned this they look for a wife and marry during this stage. It lasts for three years as well, form the ages 13-16.

4.) Nupusha: during this stage the men get married and have appropriate intercourse. This stage happens once the others are completed, however they must be must be at least 16.

5.)Taiketnyi: They undergo blood letting again during this stage, when their wives have their first menstrual cycle as married women.

6.) Moondung: This stage is when the women give birth to their first child. This is the final step, and signifies completion of the Rites of passage. They can now be considered a full grown respectable men.