- Ritual
- Kaot blo gel（少女の初潮通過儀礼）
- Region and community
- バヌアツ・タンナ島／一部の女性共同体
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation / Menarche or physical maturity / Trial or training
- Legal age of majority
- VanuatuGeneral civil age of majority remains unidentified · The voting age is 18. Marriage is subject to separate age and consent rules. The general civil age of majority remains unidentified.Vanuatu · Law and supporting sources 1 · Law and supporting sources 2
About the rite
On Tanna, Kaot blo gel follows menarche. Women support a girl through instruction and celebration that marks her movement toward adulthood.
A resident’s participant account records the practice in 2020.
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