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Initiation

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso Slang
Added Aug 06, 2025 · 3 definitions
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Initiation definition 1

Initiation (Coming of age ritual)

"Initiation fait hommes (Initiation makes men)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Initiation definition 2

Initiation

"Initiation ya bana mibali - Boys' initiation"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 09, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Initiation definition 3

Rite traditionnel (Traditional rite)

"L'initiation au poro (Poro initiation)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

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🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Initiation 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Bid'a shabab (Youth beginning)

"Wagt initiation (Time for initiation)"
Invitation 🇲🇦 Morocco

أنفيتاسيون، دعوة (Invitation)

"3tini invitation (Give me an invitation)"

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Initiation 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Bid'a shabab (Youth beginning)

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