フィジー・iTaukei共同体

Tunudra

日本語で読む
Tunudra: Girls Enter Womanhood through a Community Rite
Ritual
Tunudra(少女の初潮を祝う家族の儀礼)
Region and community
フィジー・iTaukei共同体
Age at the cultural rite
Variable or not confirmed in the source
Transition conditions
Community initiation / Menarche or physical maturity
Legal age of majority

About the rite

Among iTaukei communities in Fiji, Tunudra brings a girl’s family together after her first menstruation. Older women share practical knowledge, and family members eat together. A 2024 study found that the rite had become uncommon in some places.