- Ritual
- Pasipiat Sot（歯の先端加工と成熟の象徴）
- Region and community
- インドネシア・西スマトラ州メンタワイ諸島
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Social transition described in the article
- Legal age of majority
- Indonesia18 or 21, depending on the law and legal actIndonesia · Civil Code Article 330 treats unmarried people under 21 as minors. The Notary Act and some other laws use 18. · Law and supporting sources 1 · Law and supporting sources 2
About the rite
In Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands, Pasipiat Sot involves shaping the points of a woman’s teeth. The regency describes the practice as an expression of beauty and a sign of female maturity. Its meaning comes from social recognition within the community.
A Gadjah Mada University student field project found the practice continuing in Buttui in 2024.
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