- Ritual
- Kan
- Region and community
- パプアニューギニア・Manus州・Loniu
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation / New social responsibilities
- Legal age of majority
- Papua New Guinea18, according to published legal-system materialsPapua New Guinea · Individual statutes may specify different thresholds. · Law and supporting sources 1 · Law and supporting sources 2
About the rite
In the village of Loniu, on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea, Kan marks a passage from childhood into adulthood. In 2025, ABC and NBC covered a ceremony in which families and other villagers supported the initiates and witnessed their entry into a new stage of community life.
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