- Ritual
- Berry Fast
- Region and community
- カナダなど・アニシナーベ社会
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation / Menarche or physical maturity / New social responsibilities
- Legal age of majority
- Canada18 or 19 years, by province or territoryCanada · Calendar unspecified · 18: Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island. 19: British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon. · Law and supporting sources
About the rite
In the Berry Fast, a girl who has reached menarche refrains from eating berries for about a year while older women teach her about her body, daily life, and responsibilities within the community. At the close of the period, berries are gathered and shared as her new stage of womanhood is acknowledged.
Names, duration, and teachings vary among Anishinaabe communities and families. Anishinaabe communities also observe other forms of fasting.
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