- Ritual
- Wyra’whaw／Wyra’u Haw／Wiraohavo（ウィラワウ、成人移行祭）
- Region and community
- ブラジル・Pará州Alto Rio Guamá先住地域／Tembé Tenetehara 男女青年
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation / Menarche or physical maturity / New social responsibilities
- Legal age of majority
- Brazil18 yearsBrazil · Calendar unspecified · The law provides for acquiring legal capacity before majority. · Law and supporting sources
About the rite
In the Alto Rio Guamá Indigenous Territory of Pará, Brazil, the Tembé Tenetehara hold Wyra’whaw for girls after their first menstruation and boys around the time their voices change. Over six days, the young people dance, follow dietary restrictions, and wear body paint and feather ornaments. On the final day the community recognizes them as women and men with new responsibilities.
AP and ABC reported on the ceremony at Teko-Haw in June 2023. In 2009, the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) reported a rite involving four girls.
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