ガイアナ・パクリ

Nine-day girls’ rite of passage

日本語で読む
Nine-day girls’ rite of passage: Lokono Girls Complete a Nine-Day Passage
Ritual
少女の9日間の成人通過儀礼
Region and community
ガイアナ・パクリ/ロコノ(アラワク)社会
Age at the cultural rite
Variable or not confirmed in the source
Transition conditions
Menarche or physical maturity / Trial or training
Legal age of majority

About the rite

After first menstruation, a Lokono girl at Pakuri spent nine days with relatives and elders, completing traditional tasks and instruction before recognition as a woman. A 2021 first-person account records that she and her sister chose to undertake the passage.