- Ritual
- Ixantsila／A’ixansla
- Region and community
- カナダ・’Nakwaxda’xw女子
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation / Menarche or physical maturity / Trial or training / New social responsibilities
- Legal age of majority
- Canada18 or 19 years, by province or territoryCanada · Calendar unspecified · 18: Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island. 19: British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon. · Law and supporting sources
About the rite
In Ixantsila or A’ixansla, a young woman at menarche spends a period in seclusion and learns from senior women about women’s roles and community knowledge. A community video presents the ceremony as the passage of a ’Nakwaxda’xw girl into adulthood.
The community released the video in 2015. The date of the ceremony shown is unknown.
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