Umkhwetha.

Milestone 

"Umkhwetha" (abakhwetha as plural)

You can see abakhwetha by wearing white,red striped blankets and buy smearing white ocher all over their bodies. they are always carrying sticks and bottles to keep their liquefied white ocher.

The grass hut behind the abakhwetha is called ibhoma, this where they will spend their duration of the circumcision process.

The Umkhwetha is an ancient custom of ritual circumcision still practiced by the Xhosa people. 'Umkhwetha' is a boy going through traditional rituals that include circumcision, and that, when complete, allow him to be regarded as a man. Traditionally he doesn't consume water or meat for a period of 8 days after the day of his circumcision.

This is a stage that mark the arrival of adulthood. Adolescence (Ages 12-20):  Passion –  The biological event of puberty unleashes a powerful set of changes in the adolescent body that reflect themselves in a teenager’s sexual, emotional, cultural, and/or spiritual passion.  Adolescence passion thus represents a significant touchstone for anyone who is seeking to reconnect with their deepest inner zeal for life.

 Abakhwetha are circumcised by an old man called ingcibi, inside a grass hut called ibhoma, far away from their homes, where they will spend the duration of the circumcised period. after being circumcised they are smeared with white ocher all over their bodies and given new white, red striped blankets and stick. they are also required to have a small bottle or a container they can use to keep their liquefied ocher, as they are required to have their bodies smeared with white ocher all the times. 

Armstrong T. 2019 (The Twelve Stages of the Human Life Cycle

available: http://www.institute4learning.com/resources/articles/the-12-stages-of-life/(Accessed 30 July 2019)