Mebêngôkre men and women wear feather headdresses or capes during children’s naming ceremonies and boys’ initiation ceremonies—in other words, when Mebêngôkre young people enter into adult life, begin to learn Mebêngôkre cultural knowledge, and take on Mebêngôkre identity.

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