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- Olufuko_Festival abstract "Olufuko is an ancient Aawambo tradition where girls often as young as 12 are prepared for womanhood, including marriage and pregnancy, and caring for families. It is performed by an elderly man, the namunganga, and is accompanied by drumming and dancing. It is a practice that turns girls and young women into brides without grooms. Over the years this initiation practice has been banned by the mainstream churches, labelling the practice pagan, and against Christianity.According to tradition, the girls cannot reject Olufuko, because it is believed that rejection would bring a curse upon them. Those that reject Olufuko face misfortunes, including falling victim to unwanted pregnancies or facing the death of a parent, as a result of the curse.Thus, traditionally a girl who turns down Olufuko would be manhand-led, tied up and dragged to the Olufuko homestead. Meekulu Saara Walaula, who is the wife of Aambadja Senior Chief Mathias Walaula, said the Olufuko initiation lasts for seven days and each day serves a purpose in the process. The person ordained to carry out Olufuko is called namunganga.".
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- Olufuko_Festival wikiPageRevisionID "615756944".
- Olufuko_Festival wikiPageWikiLink Category:Namibian_culture.
- Olufuko_Festival wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ovambo.
- Olufuko_Festival wikiPageWikiLink Christianity.
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- Olufuko_Festival wikiPageWikiLink Paganism.
- Olufuko_Festival wikiPageWikiLink Sam_Nujoma.
- Olufuko_Festival wikiPageWikiLink Wikipedia:Manual_of_style.
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- Olufuko_Festival subject Category:Namibian_culture.
- Olufuko_Festival subject Category:Ovambo.
- Olufuko_Festival hypernym Tradition.
- Olufuko_Festival type Food.
- Olufuko_Festival type Page.
- Olufuko_Festival comment "Olufuko is an ancient Aawambo tradition where girls often as young as 12 are prepared for womanhood, including marriage and pregnancy, and caring for families. It is performed by an elderly man, the namunganga, and is accompanied by drumming and dancing. It is a practice that turns girls and young women into brides without grooms.".
- Olufuko_Festival label "Olufuko Festival".
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- Olufuko_Festival wasDerivedFrom Olufuko_Festival?oldid=615756944.
- Olufuko_Festival isPrimaryTopicOf Olufuko_Festival.