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Bragoro

Fante · Akan (incl. Fante), Ghana · Ceremony

Bragoro (also brapue) is the Akan nubility (puberty) rite marking a girl's transition to womanhood after first menstruation. During the rite the girl is treated as a queen mother: she is 'enstooled', kept secluded and pampered; the practice is declining.

Her family celebrated her bragoro.

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