Here were the 8 age groups for men (and their wives):
Lubetaa – (Ncororo)
Miriti – (Nkoyai)
Guantai – (Nkoroi)
Gichunge – (Nculubi)
Kubai – (Thirindi)
Ithalii – (Ncencenga)
Michubu – (Mukubu)
Ratanya – (Nkirinathi)
Each of the groups was divided into three circumcision age sets (our point of contention):
Ndiguri
Kobia
Kaberia
The first bunch to be circumcised for each age group was always Ndinguri and then wait for the next lot to grow and get circumcised. Mark you, the period between one circumcision was usually long (between 4 and 6 years) unlike now when people get circumcised every school holiday.
So, for instance, we would have Ratanya e Ndinguri (1946); Ratanya e Kobia (1952); and Ratanya e Kaberia(1956), before the Ratanya cycle ended.
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