THE GIRLS OF THE TRIBES HAD RITUALS AT THEIR FIRST MENSTRUATION WHICH ENDED THEIR CHILDHOOD. THEY HAD VERY TIGHT KNIT FAMILIES. IT WAS AN OCCASSION FOR PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENT RATHER THAN SECRECY.
A COMING OF AGE FEAST WAS HELD WITH DANCING.
THOU ART A GIRL NO MORE,
THOU ART A GIRL NO MORE,
THE CHIEF, THE CHIEF
THE CHIEF, THE CHEIF,
HONORS THEE
IN THE DANCE, IN THE DANCE,
IN THE LONG AND DOUBLE LINE
OF THE DANCE,
DANCE, DANCE
DANCE, DANCE.
WINTU SONG
MALCOLM MARGOLIN
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