Kwerugame

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Kwerugame, also known as kwaFayze-zegeti, is the summer solstice festival in Hunziland. It is held every year, and is generally celebrated outside of the main communities. Strange for a fertility festival to be celebrated during the dry season, it is said by Hunzi elders than "why not have some joy during the meagre period?"
==The great slaughter, or "Blood Frenzy"==
During this festivity, animals are brought into the blood grounds, and then ritualistically slaughtered by young warriors, headed by the king or the chief, while women dance around the slaughter pit shouting war cries. A magnificent bull or warthog is then sacrificed to the ancestors to help them guide the world to bring rain.
==The virgins==
The elder women have chosen younger females to be adorned with feathers and jewels, after what their family can afford, and then the virgins are placed on rows to be admired by the young warriors. A few specific virgins are chosen by the king, as concubines.
The warriors most successful in the games are then being allowed to choose up to three young women to deflower.
==The festival==
During the evening, the entire people assemble around big fires, roasting meat and drinking bake, an alcoholic beverage mixed with blood and milk.
Category:Traditions
Category:Hunziland