Apache girl's buckskin dress with the symbol of basketball player Michael Jordan attached San Carlos Reservation Arizona USA
An Apache girl wears a buckskin dress at her Sunrise Dance with the symbol of her favourite basketball player Michael Jordan attached the San Carlos Indian Reservation Arizona USA The Sunrise Dance a first menstruation rite of an Apache girl is held during the summer within one year after the girl has had her first menstruation and lasts for four days The ceremony is an enactment of the Apache creation myth and during the rites the girl becomes Changing Woman a mythical female figure and comes into possession of her healing powers The rites are also supposed to prepare the girl for adulthood and to give her a long and healthy life without material wants
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