- Ritual
- Sunrise Ceremony
- Region and community
- 米国・メスカレロ・アパッチ
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation / Menarche or physical maturity
- Legal age of majority
- United States18–21 years, by stateUnited States · 47 states and Washington, D.C., use 18. Alabama and Nebraska use 19, and Mississippi uses 21. Mississippi permits certain property contracts from 18. · Law and supporting sources 1 · Law and supporting sources 2
About the rite
In New Mexico’s Mescalero Apache community, the Sunrise Ceremony welcomes a girl into womanhood after her first menstruation. For four days she runs, prays, sings and dances, receiving guidance and blessings from relatives and the wider community. A 2024 account describes the ceremony and the people who help her through it.
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