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Menstruation Huts In Ethiopia for Jewish Women

Menstruation huts in Ethiopia hold a special place, as Jewish women try to continue this custom. In Ethiopia, they refer to these menstruation huts as margam gojos. Within the margam gojos, there are few utensils, some pieces of equipment, and some basic furniture. The stones are placed in a circular shape around the menstruation hut at a radius of one and a half meters; these stones help distinguish between perceived impure and pure spaces. Menstruation blood is thought to be impure as Jewish Ethiopians believe the failure to give birth is manifested in the blood. If anyone were to come into contact with the woman during their menstruation, they would too have to stay in the hut. Therefore to avoid contact, the family of the women in the margam gojos will leave food outside the door. If her blood is to touch food or drink it would be thrown out. This is why women wear leather belts under their shirts with fabric tied to them to prevent any dripping. The same idea is carried that Jewish women cannot go to or, cross rivers during menstruation in case she were to drip and containment the river. Once a woman has finished menstruating, another woman will watch her immerge in the river. There, the woman who has just finished menstruating, will wash herself and the clothes she wore in the margam gojo. After she and her clothes are clean, she will then change into pure clothes that have been retrieved from her home. The only way that Jewish women cease going to the margam gojo is when she starts menopause, as it puts an end to the impurity because the women becomes more similar to a man.

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JSTOR Ethiopia

JSTOR Maale, Southern Ethiopia

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