- Ritual
- Furação de nariz／青年の穿孔儀礼
- Region and community
- ブラジル・ナンビクワラ・カティタウルル社会
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation / New social responsibilities
- Legal age of majority
- Brazil18 yearsBrazil · Calendar unspecified · The law provides for acquiring legal capacity before majority. · Law and supporting sources
About the rite
Among Nambikwara-Katitãurlu communities in Brazil, boys may undergo a nose-piercing rite in which the community publicly recognizes their passage into adult responsibilities. Related Nambikwara communities also have a distinct coming-of-age ceremony for girls.
Brazil’s Indigenous affairs agency reported a community celebration in 2019. How regularly the boys’ rite has been held since then is unclear.
Related rites
