- Ritual
- Gi pangi（少女に腰布を授ける通過儀礼）
- Region and community
- スリナム・マルーン共同体（ンジュカ／サラマカ等）
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation
- Legal age of majority
- Suriname18 yearsSuriname · Calendar unspecified · Law and supporting sources
About the rite
In Suriname’s Maroon communities, including the Ndyuka and Saamaka, Gi pangi marks a girl’s public recognition as a woman. She receives a special cloth called a pangi. The age and scale of the ceremony vary by community and family.
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