On the first morning after her first bleeding
The girl bathes.
The girl washes her hair in suds from a yucca root
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Quite interesting to learn other cultures. I note a long standing tradition welded with the culture to make a woman out of a girl. Thanks for sharing.
Her body is painted with white clay Special jewellery is placed upon her Outside her home, her body again is moulded The ceremony concludes. The girl is a woman...all kinds of customs in the world. this is a thing which a european can never dream of......... thank you for this descriptive poem. i learn a lot from it. dev