- Ritual
- Kareh（女子）／Katal・Katan（男子）（カレ／カタル、15歳成人加入）
- Region and community
- ベトナムLâm Đồng・Khánh Hòa省／Cham Bani（Chăm Bà Ni／Awal）男女
- Age at the cultural rite
- Age 15
- Transition conditions
- Reaching a recognized age / Community initiation / New social responsibilities
- Legal age of majority
- Viet Nam18 yearsViet Nam · Calendar unspecified · Law and supporting sources
About the rite
Among Cham Bani communities in Vietnam’s Lâm Đồng and Khánh Hòa provinces, girls take part in Kareh and boys in Katal, also called Katan, at around fifteen. Participants prepare, bathe in a river, and receive sacred names. Girls undergo symbolic hair cutting and boys symbolic circumcision. After taking pledges, they are welcomed as full members of their clans and the Bani community.
Vietnamese reporting in 2026 described observances in the sixth, eighth, and tenth lunar months. The contemporary form takes about three days, compared with roughly half a month in the past.
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