[4] This practice is followed by Apache, Ojibwe and Hupa tribal communities from different parts of North America, Ulithi tribe from South Pacific region, Japan, Africa, and India among others.
[5][6] In 2020, Parents writer Christine Michel Carter researched the celebration of first moon parties in the Black community in the United States.
The age of menstruation onset is slightly younger for Black girls due to health disparities, increased material hardship, and levels of stress.
The Sunrise Dance ceremony is a celebration of menarche by the Apache tribal community in Arizona and Mexico region.
During this ceremony, the girl wears the traditional Apache attire and dances, which signifies female strength.
The friends and family also participate and sing traditional songs and the girl also receives a massage and the ceremonial blessing from the medicine man and other people.