Dances in the godparent s camp on the last day of a Sunrise Dance on the San Carlos Reservation Arizona USA
Dances in the godparent s camp on the last day of a Sunrise Dance the first menstruaton rite of an Apache girl the San Carlos Indian Reservation Arizona USA The Sunrise Dance is the most important ceremony of the Apache Indians It is held during the summer within one year after the girl has had her first menstruation and lasts for four days The rites are supposed to prepare the girl for adulthood and to give her a long and healthy life without material wants
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