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Over time, the gang grew into a more traditional criminal organization. MS-13 has a longtime rivalry with the 18th Street gang. Many MS-13 members were deported to El Salvador after the end of the Salvadoran Civil War in 1992, or upon being arrested, facilitating the spread of the gang to Central America. The gang is currently active in many ...
Lebollo la basadi also known as female initiation among the Basotho is a rite of passage ritual which marks the transition of girls into womanhood.This activity is still practiced in the Free State, Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal provinces of South Africa.
This topic category contains content related to the Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, organization. Pages in category "MS-13" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
Ordre Initiatique et Traditionnel de l'Art Royal [14] 1973: Still active in 2024, Traditionalist Order, Practices the Rite Opératif de Salomon: Order of the Apocalypse-- Order of Noachites: 1757: M. de St. Gelaire Knight of the Holy City Order-- Architects of Africa-Also known as African Brotherhood or Chaos Order Order of the Eagles and the Sun--
For a baby girl, the left earlobe is. In case of girls, the left nostril may also be pierced during this ritual. [51] [61] The piercing of the earlobes symbolically reminds the child, as he or she grows up, of beauty and social presence, of the importance of hearing and speech in the wisdom of the Vedas. [51]
The initiation was preceded by a normal bathing in the public baths and a ceremonial sprinkling by the priest, after which the candidate was given secret instructions in the temple of Isis. The candidate then fasted for ten days from meat and wine, after which he was dressed in linen and led at night into the innermost part of the sanctuary ...
After the training, a man holding the traditional position of hyena (not to be confused with the animal) performs the three-day cleansing ritual for a sum of money ($4-7 per girl in 2016). [2] [9] [11] Sometimes girls are required to perform the chisamba, a bare-breasted dance at the end of her initiation in front of the whole community. [7]
Embrace detail, Tsakalis or Initiation Card, Maitreya, 13-14th century (cropped).jpg Licensing This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art.