SINCE 1828
Sande
noun
San·de
| \ ˈsän(ˌ)dā\
plural -s
Definition of Sande
: a Liberia and Sierra Leone secret custom by which young girls are secluded in a separate camp for a variable period of months and trained in the duties and responsibilities of adult society
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