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Chapter three - the Ram or village community |
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the individual's relations with the kienga |
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transfer of boys to men's dormitory |
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4. The Individual's Relations with the kienga |
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At about the age of four a boy ceases to sleep with his mother on the "women's bed". He remains at home, playing with boys of the same general age and living, eating and sleeping in his parents' house until about the age of seven, and up till then has little or no connection with his kienga. From then on he begins to frequent the hangseoki of his kienga, wandering in to watch the members' activities and to listen to their talk. At this stage he will sleep sometimes at home and sometimes in the (52) hangseoki, to which he is gradually transferring his interests. At about nine or ten he ceases to sleep at home, though he returns there for meals and when ill and in need of nursing, and from this stage until marriage he sleeps in, spends most of his time in, and centres his activities in the hangseoki. |
