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TUPINAMBÁ (Central Brazil)
“ […] Tupinamba girls, before
their breasts are full and the menses appear, are forbidden intercourse”
(Ford, 1945 [1964:p20]). “[…] older Tupinamba women in Brazil who did not have the favor of
older men might constantly accompany young boys, to whom they gave presents
and instruction in sexual matters” […] (Werner, cited by Frayser). After the
first menstruation (called quioundu-ar) the hair on the initiand’s head is
cut off with a fish tooth.When a girl’s hair had grown again to shoulder length, she was
considered marriageable (Kakumasu, nd)[1].
Janssen,
D. F., Growing Up Sexually. VolumeI. World Reference Atlas. 0.2 ed. 2004. Berlin:
Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology
Last
revised: Sept 2004
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