Robyn Lebron practice, takes over his dead father’s wife or dead brother’s wife where there is no heir or male issue or if the heir is a minor This depends on the will of the woman, her age, and the man’s ability to maintain her Thus her previous marriage was not terminated by the death of her husband; it now continues with this heir who has inherited her.33 This is not practiced in all TAR cultures Adultery is deemed an outrageous crime, striking at the norm of society and is also an offense against the family, including the ancestors Furthermore, it is a criminal act against God because marriage in the traditional context is a sacred institution sanctioned by Him, and any act of unfaithfulness in the Traditional African Religions is punishable by supernatural beings Infant Baptism or Blessing When a father offers a sheep as a thank offering for the birth of a child, he is repaying the soul of his father for the birth of the child and asking to those who were before for the protection of the child’s soul Initiation, Baptism, or Confirmation There is one class of social customs extending from the Cape of Good Hope to the banks of the Nile, and which are substantially the same among all peoples over that vast area, though with variation in the manner of their performance We speak of the ceremonies and usages connected with the initiation of young people into manhood and womanhood at the age of puberty The life of the individual comes into fruition through the social ritual of rites of passage Those who successfully go through the rites of passage become candidates for ancestorhood—the goal of the ideal life One traditional ritual that is still regularly practiced is the manhood ritual, a secret rite that marks the transition from boyhood to adulthood After ritual circumcision, the initiates live in isolation for up to several weeks, often in the mountains During the process of healing they smear white clay on their bodies and observe numerous taboos In modern times the practice has caused controversy, with over 300 circumcision and initiation-related deaths since 1994, and the