60 et seq.).
The initiation of girls in Azimba Land, Central Africa, has been fully and interestingly described by H.Crawford Angus ("The Chensamwali' or Initiation Ceremony of Girls," _Zeitschrift fuer Ethnologie_, 1898, Heft 6).

At the first sign of menstruation the girl is taken by her mother out of the village to a grass hut prepared for her where only the women are allowed to visit her.
At the end of menstruation she is taken to a secluded spot and the women dance round her, no men being present.

It was only with much difficulty that Angus was enabled to witness the ceremony.
The girl is then informed in regard to the hygiene of menstruation.

"Many songs about the relations between men and women are sung, and the girl is instructed as to all her duties when she becomes a wife....

The girl is taught to be faithful to her husband, and to try and bear children.