- Ritual
- Tahthavan／Sahchavan
- Region and community
- インド・アルナーチャル・プラデーシュ州／ワンチョ
- 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
- India18 yearsIndia · Calendar unspecified · Law and supporting sources
About the rite
Tahthavan, also called Sahchavan, is a Wancho girls’ initiation in northeastern India. It takes place in a field hut known as a Taap and is led by women. An older woman wraps a girl who has reached puberty in white cloth, declares that she has become an adult, and offers blessings and instruction.
A report in May 2025 photographed and described the ceremony in Kamhua Noknu, in the Longding district of Arunachal Pradesh.
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