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Age Set (EGT_1)

DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.

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Name

ageSet

Attribute

EGT Ethnic Group Type

Definition

A named tribal sub-group whose members, all of a similar age, experience rites of passage and/or share similar social status and responsibilities together throughout their lifetimes.

Description

In some societies, age sets may undergo rites of passage as customary public rituals; in other societies, age sets may pass through stages of social status or privilege without public ceremonies. Age sets are typically found in tribal societies, such as the Maasai of West Africa, among whom an age set is established with the initiation of young men by ritual circumcision. The initiates are then trained as warriors for the protection of the tribe, later become senior warriors who can take wives, and eventually transition to the status of elders.

Accepted

2016-06-08

Defined by

NFDD

Allowed for

• ZI113 Ethnic Group

Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.