kula

On the external level, the Sanskrit term kula refers to caste.

The Kalachakra Presentation of the Prophets of the Non-Indic Invaders (Abridged Analysis) 2006

On the external level, the Sanskrit term kula refers to caste.

The Kalachakra Presentation of the Prophets of the Non-Indic Invaders (Abridged Analysis) 2006

Our lively zaptieh cheered the route with an instructive tale of the siege of a certain kula we passed, by soldiers from Scutari sent to collect cattle-tax.

High Albania Mary Edith 1909

But whether or not that is true, by the time the proto-Ruvu communities emerged in the central-east Tanzania, they and their proto-Wami ancestors already applied the word * - kumbi to their initiation camps, presumably where * - kula rites, whatever they entailed, were held.

Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE 2008

Nkoya kukûla "to become mature (of male)"; Nyanja, kula, ku - v.i. "grow, grow up, mature"; Zigua kukula "to grow, to scrape (as when shaving)."

Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE 2008

Yoga is not just a personal thing, or a way to tone up our bodies, de-stress and focus our minds, but a call to unity, to join together with our world community, our kula, and show that we care to help make a difference in a broader sense than only in our own lives and relationships.

Sadie Nardini: Your Real Yoga Begins Now: Haiti's Earthquake 2010

What likely transpired was a division of the ancient * - kula rites into two ceremonies after contact with an external group that shared its own ideas about male circumcision.

Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE 2008

In that era, young boys may have gone through an initial * - kula ceremony wherein they were taught about aspects of their clan culture.

Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE 2008

As late as 1999, when I conducted fieldwork in Tanzania, male elders in various villages remembered * - kula initiations from their childhoods.

Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE 2008

This ceremonial moment was identified by the initiation of groups of boys into a shared age-set, * - kula.

Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE 2008