A strong ethnic heterogeneity has made difficult the synthesis of the results of the fieldwork in Malawi (Mangochi district), organized by the Working Group on the FGM of the University of Padua in 2004 and focused on the analysis of FGM. The most important data deal with labial stretching, practiced systematically on the Malawi teenagers during the segregation (chiputu), lasting a few weeks in a hut under the guide of a female instructor (namkungwi) and the (phungu) responsibility of the grandmother. Also the psycho-physical connections and reflections on sexuality are presented.
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