- Ritual
- Diné boys’ coming-of-age ceremony
- Region and community
- 米国南西部／Diné（Navajo）
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation / Trial or training / New social responsibilities
- Legal age of majority
- United States18–21 years, by stateUnited States · 47 states and Washington, D.C., use 18. Alabama and Nebraska use 19, and Mississippi uses 21. Mississippi permits certain property contracts from 18. · Law and supporting sources 1 · Law and supporting sources 2
About the rite
In Diné communities of the American Southwest, a boys’ coming-of-age ceremony is still practiced by a small number of families as a young man’s voice begins to change. Public Diné accounts describe running, prayer, guidance from relatives and elders, and instruction in responsibilities to family and community. A táchééh is the sweat lodge or ceremonial space used in the process; not every use of a táchééh is itself a coming-of-age rite.
Reporting by the Navajo Times and a 2025 Diné community account document the practice as preparation for adult male responsibilities.
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