Ivorien model dressed in traditional Anyi peoples puberty ritual - TopicsExpress



          

Ivorien model dressed in traditional Anyi peoples puberty ritual dress. This kind of dressing used to be what all Akan girls used to wear for their rite of passage after their "first menses." This tradition is no longer in vogue in most Akan communities. History The Anyi people are a subgroup of the Akan, originally from Ghana, who fled the from the Ashanti tribe to their current location in present day Ivory Coast between the 16th and 18th centuries.
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 19:30:49 +0000

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