- Ritual
- Festa do Moqueado／Menina Moça
- Region and community
- ブラジル・テンベ社会
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation / Menarche or physical maturity
- 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 the Tembé of Brazil, Festa do Moqueado, also known as Menina Moça, introduces girls to the community as they enter adolescence. A public celebration took place in 2023.
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