- Bakule- Name of agemates who were circumcised in the same home or menjo.
- Botum- name of agemates circumcised same time but different homes.
- Chonginiek- First members of a given age group or sets.
- Kiptaru- Second members of a given age group or set.
- Kiptoyotoek- middle members of a given age set.
- Kiptoin – last group of members of a given age set or group.
In an old age A great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed their hold, you may have escaped, not from one master but from many.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
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