Chapter 956: 955. Confused (4/5)

Chapter 956 955. Confused (45)

Since regaining national sovereignty, all ethnic groups in South Africa have begun to value their own traditions.

In the past, the British white rulers tried their best to weaken their cognition of traditional etiquette. They believed that by limiting the spread of national culture, they could limit the thinking of black people.

Whether this trick is effective or not is hard to say. Anyway, under the leadership of Mandela, the blacks regained the right to rule the country.

However, the black people recognized the sinister intentions of the white people, and after they got the right to govern the country, various ethnic groups launched a movement to preserve traditions and revive culture.

In addition, the marriage tradition of the Zulu people is polygamy, and women's status is not given due attention, which makes some women's concept of chastity indifferent, and then there are more unmarried mothers, and the phenomenon that children only know their mothers but not their fathers is increasing. reduce.

Several reasons combined for the Zulu revival of the ancient ritual, and support from the news media.

Slowly, throughout the Zulu area, the tradition of verifying whether an unmarried girl was born as a woman was promoted again, and even became a fashionable activity.

Generally, when this kind of activity is carried out, young girls aged fifteen or sixteen with a radius of tens of kilometers will come to a specific place on a specific day, lie side by side on straw mats spread on the ground, and accept the greetings of older women of the same ethnic group. test.

These elderly women have undergone certain professional training, learned from an old woman who served the goddess, and knew the mysterious method of identifying the complete hymen.

After hearing the introduction, Li Du was dumbfounded and said, "This is simply unheard of!"

Big Ivan was very puzzled, and said: "Isn't it scientifically proven to judge the purity of women through the production of the hymen, and it is unreliable?"

The lion hunter took a deep breath from his cigar, exhaled the smoke, and said, "In our Zulu land there is no science, only traditions left by our ancestors—that's stupid, isn't it?"

What he said was straightforward, with an unconcealable disdain on his face, the Zulu men who were laughing around were embarrassed.

Because of the wealth and status that the lion hunter possessed, it was difficult for them to refute him, so they could only mumble a few vague words.

For the Zulu people, this is a solemn ceremony, during which no men, including young boys, are allowed to approach, and if they approach, they can be punished.

The open space was surrounded by long blue homespun cloth, forming a relatively closed space. Li Du didn't know what happened inside, and wondered: "Sophie is not a Zulu girl, why should she stay inside?"

The lion hunter said: "Because when this ceremony is held, in order to show justice, it usually requires a big shot from a foreign race to observe it. Sophie is your fiancée and my distinguished guest. She is regarded as a big shot from a developed country."

Li Du laughed and said, "I thought your clansmen would hate white people very much. After all, white people once ruled you, but it doesn't seem to be the case."

The lion hunter shrugged and said proudly: "They hate white people, but they can't hate my distinguished guests."

After more than ten minutes, the blue homespun fence was opened, and a group of five girls came out.

These girls had yellow mud smeared on their foreheads, just like the old woman before.

They walked cautiously and proudly, wearing only jewelry on their upper bodies, and still showing their breasts.

The lion hunter nodded and said: "They have passed the test, they are still pure girls, and they will be blessed by the Goddess in the future."

"Will you bless them to marry a man who loves them wholeheartedly? A man who won't marry another woman?" Lu Guan said casually.

The lion hunter looked at him and said, "Young man, our culture is different. In our tribe, if you only marry one woman, it means you are incompetent and you are a coward."

Li Du said: "According to the theory of probability, the proportion of male and female newborns in the tribe should be the same. If some people marry multiple wives, some people will always have no wives, right?"

The lion hunter nodded and said, "Yes, these people are not even cowards. They cannot be recognized and respected. Unless there is a war, they will go to the battlefield to prove their worth."

What else can Li Du say? The marriage value of the Zulu people is too strange. A man who can't marry a wife doesn't even have social status?

What the lion hunter said was true. In order to ensure that their men can marry their daughters-in-law, there is a custom of exchanging relatives among the Zulu people similar to that in the closed mountainous areas of China.

According to the Zulu tradition, men and women of the same family cannot intermarry. No matter how many generations apart, as long as they are members of the same family, they will always be brothers and sisters.

Therefore, in order to ensure that their own men can marry a wife and that their own family can grow stronger, the elders of multiple families sometimes hold marriages.

As for whether such a marriage has feelings? Don't worry, most Zulu couples don't have much affection - polygamy is always unfair to women, how can a woman fall in love with her husband in this social position?

Besides, many men don't regard women as lifelong partners. For them, this is cheap labor and a reproductive machine.

Girls who have passed the verification can continue to show their breasts in the future. This is a kind of recognition, similar to "certification of women". Unlike other places in the world, women can go topless, which is a symbol of purity and beauty in the Zulu people.

Li Du has a feeling of deja vu on this situation. In Chinese history, there was a thing called the chastity archway, which seems to be the chastity archway for Zulu women.

He, Lu Guan, Da Yiwan, Da Ao and others thought it was an insult to women, but the lion hunter didn't take it seriously, and waved: "Let's go, I'll take you to another ceremony, and then you'll know that we didn't look down on women. No discrimination against great mothers."

This new ceremony is even more bizarre. When the Zulu people judge the purity of women, they will also judge the chastity of the young people in the clan...

In the same open space surrounded by homemade cloth, a group of big boys with naked bodies and buttocks were waiting for inspection.

When Li Du entered inside, he was shocked to see so many dark, strong naked men!

He looked at the lion hunter in disbelief, and exclaimed, "My God, isn't this nonsense? How do you judge a man's chastity?"

The lion hunter said: "This is an activity initiated by the Zulu king of South Africa two years ago. He consulted with many andrologists and folklore experts and gave a judgment."

Li Du couldn't bear his curiosity and asked, "How to judge? This is really amazing!"

"First of all, experts believe that if a man is really private before marriage, then his genital skin must be quite tight. If an unmarried man's foreskin has become loose, then nine times out of ten he has already had sex. "

The lion hunter grinned contemptuously: "Also, these children have to urinate, urinating with their heads up..."

Li Du subconsciously asked: "Isn't it to test the height and strength of the urine?"

After hearing his words, the lion hunter snapped his fingers: "You are right. According to the standard, if a man spews urine high enough to reach his head or even exceed his height, then he is pure. On the contrary , I don’t need to say more, do I?”