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Phat Headrest Kenya

Lauren L

Ritual, judicial and political authority rests with the oldest man. They have an initiation called sapana which they use spears on ox, they adopt the blue mudpack hairstyle and then they recieve the headrest.

The significance is that the headrest is given to the oldest male in an initiation ceremony and they have been doing that for several thousands of years and it is an honorable tradition.

It tells us about their culture that it is important to their culture and they follow tradition very well and they believe very strongly in it.

Tribal,. (2007). Rand Tribal. Retrieved April 1, 2009 from. http://www.randtribal.com/Pokot_headrest.html.