Meaning of widow cleansing | Babel Free

Definitions

A tradition that requires widowed women to have sexual intercourse as a form of ritual purification

Africa, uncountable

Examples

“A group of women in western Kenya is fighting "widow-cleansing", a traditional ritual practiced by Luo ethnic communities in some of the poorer, more rural areas of the country.”

“The practices of widow cleansing, as well as widow inheritance, pose a serious risk of spreading HIV/AIDS to individuals and among the wider community.”

CEFR level