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widow cleansing

noun

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  1. A tradition that requires widowed women to have sexual intercourse as a form of ritual…

    A tradition that requires widowed women to have sexual intercourse as a form of ritual purification.

    • A group of women in western Kenya is fighting "widow-cleansing", a traditional ritual practiced by Luo ethnic communities in some of the poorer, more rural areas of the country.
    • The practices of widow cleansing, as well as widow inheritance, pose a serious risk of spreading HIV/AIDS to individuals and among the wider community.

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