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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:Group of Tamil girls.jpg|thumb|A Tamil Hindu girl (center) in 1870 wearing a [[Langa Voni|half-saree]], flowers and jewelry of her ''Ritu Kala Sanskara'' rite of passage]]<br />
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'''Half sari function''' or '''Langa Voni''' [[Telugu language|Telugu]]: లంగా ఓణి, '''Pavadai Dhavani''' [[Tamil language|Tamil]]: பாவாடை, '''Langa Davani''' [[Kannada language|Kannada]]: ಲಂಗ ದಾವಣಿ. In South India, the '''Ritu Kala Samskara ceremony''' or '''Ritushuddhi''' is an Indian Hindu ceremony performed when a girl wears a [[Langa voni|sari]] for the first time. It is the celebration of when a girl's [[rite of passage]] after menarche (first menstruation) and she is deemed a young woman both physically and spiritually.<ref name=lene>Lene Jensen (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Human Development and Culture, Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|978-0199948550}}, page 328</ref> Langa voni is traditional clothing for unmarried girls in [[South India]].{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}<br />
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==The Ritual==<br />
'''Ritusuddhi''', also called as ''Ritu Kala Samskara'', is the coming of age ceremony for girls, after [[menarche]] or first [[menstruation]]. This milestone in a girl's life is observed by her family and friends, with gifts and her wearing a [[sari]] for the ritual.<ref>[http://www.hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=4043 Sacred Samskaras] Rajbali Pandey, Hinduism Today, May/June 2001</ref><ref>Heidi Munan (2012), Hindu Puberty Rites in CultureShock! Malaysia: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette, {{ISBN|978-1558680708}}, page 74</ref> The rite of passage is celebrated, in modern times, as a "half-saree party" or half-sari function, where the female relatives and friends of the girl gather, and she receives and wears a half-saree and other gifts. Thereafter, at ceremonious events, she wears the half-sarees, until her marriage when she puts on a full sari.<ref name=lene/><br />
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In [[South India]] coming of age ceremony or rites of passage is celebrated when a girl reaches puberty. She wears a new langa voni during the first part of the ceremony and then she is gifted her first sari by her maternal uncle , which she wears during the second half of the ceremony. This marks her transition into womanhood<br />
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The tradition of presenting a langa voni begins with the girl's first naming ceremony [[Naming ceremony|Namakaran]] and her first rice feeding ceremony called [[Annaprashana]]. She receives her last one at her [[Coming of age#Hinduism|coming of age ceremony]].<br />
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In [[Shaktism]] the Earth's [[menstruation]] is celebrated during the [[Ambubachi Mela]], an annual fertility festival held in June, in [[Assam]], [[India]]. During Ambubachi, the annual menstruation course of the goddess [[Kamakhya]] is worshipped in the [[Kamakhya Temple]]. <br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Culture and menstruation]]<br />
*[[Langa voni]]<br />
*[[Saṃskāra]]<br />
*[[Bar and Bat Mitzvah]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Hindu rituals]]<br />
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