maurata² girl who has her first menstruation and is going through a [...]

• • girl who has her first menstruation and is going through a particular ritual which forces her to stay hidden in a particular place
  • • culture

  • • Example 557:
      

      Mea hum to goroho nae maurata a bae.

      And the place where the maurata girl sleeps is an enclosure. (i.e. the girl that goes through the initiation practices)

      Source: Kor 01R 070

    • Example 4345:
      

      a inu vai to hio nana e maurata

      the house where the maurata girl is sitting

      Source: Kor 01R 073

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• See also:
  • bae⁴ enclosure
  • hio maurata observe the girls' initiation ritual
  • revasin² menstruation
  • vaamaurata initiation ceremony for girls who have their first menstruation
  • biiraas² jewelry and decoration
  • gaga² drink (liquid)
  • gaga maurata the drink of a girl going through the initiation, which is the liquid of unripe betel nuts
  • inu maurata house where the girl stays during her initiation
  • manii² a girl that accompanies an adolescent girl in her initiation ceremony after the latter had had her first menstruation
  • pesupesu pick nuts or fruit
  • reeree belt worn by girls at their initiation ceremony
  • vaapeape belt of scented leaves
  • vahoa ni² throw something at each other