Navajo and Apache Female Puberty Ceremonies
The puberty ceremonies, or the girl’s transformation into womanhood ceremonies are performed and important by Native American tribes. There are puberty ceremonies seen in tribes, such as the Navajo and Apache. They each have their own ceremonial procedures, but both are commemorating and blessing the girls to womanhood, which is indicated by Changing Woman or Painted Woman.
Navajo people, also known as Dine, meaning Earth people, live in the Southwest in the United States. Their reservations are located in Arizona, Utah and New Mexico today (Young 22). The Navajo people are known to live in a Hogan, which symbolizes the cosmos, making them “sacred chambers” (Young 251). They are also known for
The puberty ceremonies, or the girl’s transformation into womanhood ceremonies are performed and important by Native American tribes. There are puberty ceremonies seen in tribes, such as the Navajo and Apache. They each have their own ceremonial procedures, but both are commemorating and blessing the girls to womanhood, which is indicated by Changing Woman or Painted Woman.
Navajo people, also known as Dine, meaning Earth people, live in the Southwest in the United States. Their reservations are located in Arizona, Utah and New Mexico today (Young 22). The Navajo people are known to live in a Hogan, which symbolizes the cosmos, making them “sacred chambers” (Young 251). They are also known for