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Kipsigis mens Rites of passage steps

1. Ketopen Kogellik / Kepir Moo 🔭🌠 Cosmic timing & spiritual favor. Elders read the seasons, the weather, and the signs of the land to choose the right moment. This teaches that human action must be aligned with nature and theunseen rhythms that govern life.  2. Kelumta Mabwai / Korosiot 🪵 Erecting the Asiis altar. An altar anchors the ritual: the people publicly invite Asiis intothe work ahead, making the seclusion a communal, sacred responsibility ratherthan a private act.  3. Kepiirchi Bei 💧 Purification with water . A cleansing of body and spirit that marks the end of childhood impurity and the beginning of renewal; for those returning from foreign rites, it is also a ritual of their repentance and restoration ( Kenuur ) to the Kipkaa lineage .  4. Yaatitaaet 🔪 Circumcision. A rite of endurance and discipline that trains the initiate in patience, self-control, and bravery the bodily threshold through which character is tempered.  5. Lapeetab...