Looking at the naked black ribs, Li Du despaired.
Isn't this nonsense? How can you identify the purity of a man by such behavior?
But it was clear that the Zulu men had no doubt about the scientific nature of these two standards. For them, the long-term experience of their ancestors was more reliable than the science of the white man.
The lion hunter despised this so-called 'sacred ritual.' When he arrived at the scene, he had a sneer on his face, and there was no lack of sarcasm in his communication with the chief.
Li Du realized this and asked, "Why do you participate when you know it's wrong? Isn't it an insult to children? "
The lion hunter said lazily, "Maybe, but I have to participate because it's a way to show my tribal status. Besides, why would I go against the Zulu King?"
He also told Li Du that the ceremony carried out by the Zulu King had encountered legal difficulties. The South African parliament had passed a Children's Act in the early days, outlawing boys' virginity tests and saying that teenagers had the right to refuse such tests.
However, the proposal was not approved. The Zulu King led a large number of Zulu people in demonstrations and protests, believing that the vitality of the Zulu people was embodied in these old and new traditions. He believed that if bills and laws could abolish national traditions, it would be a destruction of Zulu culture.
Li Du thought this was even more nonsense. It reminded him of the feudal society of the Qing Dynasty in China, when some ministers shouted that the laws of the ancestors could not be changed, and then the Qing Dynasty played with them.
Interestingly, in the 21st century, the Zulu King's argument won the support of a large number of people in South Africa. Parliament and the courts could do nothing about it and eventually backed down.
From this point of view, the South African black rule was a disaster. They knew too little about civilized society.
Many African countries had been ruined by white people, such as Somalia, Congo, Zambia, and so on. South Africa was the only country where white people wanted to have a good time and the indigenous black people had to ruin it.
This had nothing to do with Li Du. He could communicate with the lion hunter in private. No matter what he asked or questioned, it was all right. Anyway, the lion hunter, like him, was dismissive of such things.
But he could not openly question these traditions unless he was tired of living.
So, in the following time, he began to see the following scene: Under the leadership of the chief, a few elders went to help the youths stroke the birds. Then, the youths stood in a row and held the birds with their hands …
Li Du could not help but recall some of his childhood. There was a time when he and his friends played activities such as birds shooting at the sun and seeing who could urinate further.
There were policies from above and countermeasures from below. Teenagers should have practiced a lot and knew how to increase their motivation, which was to drink more water and hold back their urine. This way, they could spray more.
Big Ivan frowned as he watched and whispered, "Let's come to South Africa in the future to sell prostate treatment drugs. If we hold in our urine for a long time, the men in South Africa will definitely have prostate problems."
Lu Guan reached out to him. "Good idea, buddy. Are we going to be millionaires?"
Some of the boys were very pitiful. They were the first to be stroked, and in the end, they became hard. All men knew that when they were hard, there was less pressure to pee and less pee.
These people only sprayed out a little bit of rainwater. They were so anxious that they cried loudly. Their tears were more than their urine. It was unknown if this was considered an equivalent replacement.
Li Du did not want to watch, but he had no choice. He had been invited to be a witness and had to stay at the scene.
Lu Guan was lively and liked to mess around. He watched with relish. After a while, he took off his pants and did it himself. Urine sprayed over his head.
The youths immediately looked at him with envy and jealousy.
Seeing this, Crispy Noodles smacked his lips in disdain. He understood what everyone was doing. He then squatted down and with a swoosh, he sprayed urine high into the air.
Ah Meow was also interested. He assumed a similar posture and peed like a male cat.
In the end, he did not drink much water and only peed a little.
When Ah Ow saw this, she followed suit. However, she was a female and could not assume such a posture. She stuck out her butt and peed, but it spilled all over her stomach!
Li Du covered his head and did not know what to say. What a group of good children. They were really motivated and could not bear to fall behind in anything.
Regardless of whether the two rituals were scientific or not, in the end, they went on normally and there was no dispute.
After the ritual, some of the girls could not bare their breasts, which made them very sad. Some of them must have been treated unfairly. After all, people who could surf the Internet now knew that there were many reasons for women not to be virgins, such as cycling and strenuous exercise.
Considering that there were no bicycles in the tribe, and that there were not many opportunities for girls to participate in strenuous exercise, it did not seem to make sense.
Li Du met up with Sophie and breathed a sigh of relief. "I was worried that you would have a conflict with them."
Sophie laughed. "No, this is their tradition. I am not God, I am not omnipotent. There are many things that you have to respect and not do whatever you want according to your own understanding."
Li Du gave a thumbs up and said, "Well said."
Sophie paused and added, "Of course, I chose this mainly because this ritual does not harm the girls. If it is determined that they are not virgins and have to be punished, then I will try my best to overturn this ritual."
After visiting the two sacred traditions, the lion hunter began a new activity. He took them to hunt.
Li Du did not want to participate in this activity. He was not interested in hunting wild animals unless it was for food.
But in the eyes of the South Africans, it seemed that hunting was their best way of entertaining people. Many companies and rich people liked to use hunting to entertain customers from Asia, Europe and the United States.
To participate in the hunting activities, one had to wear traditional Zulu clothing. The men were bare-chested, wearing leather trousers, no shoes, and the soles of their feet were tied with animal skins.
The women wore robes and headscarves, and were responsible for managing the food, because this kind of hunting was not finished in one or two days, and usually took four or five days or even a week in the wild.
When everything was ready, the lion hunter took the group to the wilderness in three cars.
Because both of them had bodyguards, he brought very few aborigines from the tribe, only two of them.
He introduced the two men to Li Du as Abdo and Lilikas.
Abdo was a thin, short black man who had a skill, a very powerful skill, and that was beast tracking.
Lilikas was tall and burly. He was the tribe's doctor, an excellent hunter, and was very good at treating diseases in the wilderness.
The land of South Africa was vast, and as far as the eye could see, the land was flat and boundless. As long as there was no baobab forest blocking the view, they seemed to be able to see the horizon.
From the front to the end of the horizon, it was all grassland...
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