- Ritual
- 初めての散髪
- Region and community
- ニウエ・男子
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation
- Legal age of majority
- NiueGeneral civil age of majority remains unidentified · Section 58 of the Family Relationships Act 2022 provides that a guardianship order expires at 18 unless it ends earlier. The general civil age of majority remains unidentified.Niue · Law and supporting sources 1 · Law and supporting sources 2
About the rite
At a Niuean boy’s first haircut, relatives and invited guests cut sections of hair grown since childhood and give money or presents. A feast follows the cutting. Government and Pacific community sources document the family ceremony through 2022.
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