- Ritual
- Kulanga
- Region and community
- モザンビーク・Tete
- Age at the cultural rite
- Age 10 / Age 11 / Age 12 / Age 13
- Transition conditions
- Reaching a recognized age / Community initiation / Menarche or physical maturity / Trial or training
- Legal age of majority
- Mozambique21 yearsMozambique · Calendar unspecified · Law and supporting sources
About the rite
In Tete, northwestern Mozambique, Kulanga marks a girl’s passage toward womanhood after her first menstruation. A Ministry of Education textbook describes girls of roughly ten to thirteen spending time in seclusion. Older women teach them about hygiene, family life and their responsibilities in the community.
Toward the end, the girls wash in a river. When they return, the community welcomes them as young women. The textbook gives no date for an individual ceremony.
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