Members of an Apache girl s family dance during her Sunrise Dance on the San Carlos Indian Reservation Arizona USA
Members of an Apache girl s family two sisters father mother brother and her grandmother dance during her Sunrise Dance a first menstruation rite the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation Arizona USA The women are dressed in camp dresses The Sunrise Dance 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 supposed to prepare the girl for adulthood and to give her a long and healthy life without material wants
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