- Ritual
- Te Katekateka（キリバスの少女の初潮通過儀礼）
- Region and community
- キリバス・マイアナ等
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation / Menarche or physical maturity
- Legal age of majority
- KiribatiGeneral civil age of majority remains unidentified · Child protection uses under 18; sources describe consent requirements for marriage below 21. General civil majority remains unidentified.Kiribati · Law and supporting sources
About the rite
On Maiana and elsewhere in Kiribati, Te Katekateka follows a girl’s first menstruation. She spends about three days learning from senior women, and her relatives celebrate her growth. The practice varies by island and household. Research with participants describes it in 2018.
Related rites
