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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.31,0:00:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(narrator)\NBeneath White Mountain in New Mexico,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.87,0:00:06.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Mescalero Apache Reservation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.09,0:00:09.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prepares for a coming of age ritual.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.15,0:00:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[chanting in Apache language]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.61,0:00:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the span of four days,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.86,0:00:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,13-year old Dashina Cochise
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.26,0:00:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will pass through ancient tests\Nof strength,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.35,0:00:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,endurance,\Nand character,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.75,0:00:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will make her a woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.22,0:00:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Mescalero Apache hold the ritual
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.65,0:00:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every fourth of July.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.51,0:00:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a grueling ordeal,\Nintending to prepare girls
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.11,0:00:37.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the trials of womanhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.61,0:00:39.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-When she was a little girl,\NI knew this
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.57,0:00:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is what I wanted to have for her.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.97,0:00:45.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(narrator)\NDashina's mother, Olette, has spent
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.21,0:00:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than a year\Npreparing for this week of ceremony.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.26,0:00:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Family members and friends\Nwill help her
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.24,0:00:54.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feed and care\Nfor more than 50 guests.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.19,0:00:58.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The family's most important task
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.29,0:01:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is selecting Dashina's medicine woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.36,0:01:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Zelda Yazza will instruct Dashina
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.92,0:01:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the ways of traditional Apache\Nwomanhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.49,0:01:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-Four ways.\NInto the back open.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.63,0:01:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(narrator)\NThe four day ceremony
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.12,0:01:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,encapsulates\Nthe Apache creation story.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.50,0:01:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dashina will move\Nthrough the stages of life:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.74,0:01:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,infant,\Nchild,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.37,0:01:27.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adolescent,\Nwoman,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.00,0:01:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,culminating in an all night dance
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.42,0:01:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will test her endurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.59,0:01:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ritual begins with\Nthe rising of the morning star.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.53,0:01:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ceremony requires Dashina
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.94,0:01:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live by strict rules.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.48,0:01:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These four days mean little sleep,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.03,0:01:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,scant food,\Nand the need to set aside emotion.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.98,0:01:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Throughout the ordeal,\Nshe must wear
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.20,0:01:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a face of stoic resolve.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.97,0:02:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-I feel very excited and happy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.95,0:02:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though I can't smile,\Nbut...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.85,0:02:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll try to show it in some way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.37,0:02:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(narrator)\NBefore Dashina joins the other girls,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.02,0:02:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she is blessed: dusted with pollen,\Nthe symbol of fertility.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.53,0:02:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[chanting in Apache language]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.48,0:02:26.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(narrator) The girls start their journey\Nin a sacred tepee,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.00,0:02:28.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,built by their male relatives.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.91,0:02:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[high-pitched voices howling]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.24,0:02:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-Let's go right now;\Nthey're putting the tepee up.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.06,0:02:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(narrator)\NThe basket is filled with pollen
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.17,0:02:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other ceremonial objects.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.59,0:02:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As their ancestors did,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.72,0:02:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the girls run toward the rising sun,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.60,0:02:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,circling the basket four times
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.67,0:02:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to mark the four stages of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.08,0:02:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fourth, and final, day\Nbrings Dashina
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.42,0:02:59.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the cusp of womanhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.43,0:03:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She ascends the hill to pray\Nto the mountain spirits
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.55,0:03:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a long and successful life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.44,0:03:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[musical chanting]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.27,0:03:11.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With darkness near,\Nit's time to dance
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.85,0:03:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beside the ceremonial fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.56,0:03:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[chanting and singing]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.32,0:03:20.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dashina and the other girls\Nwill dance all night long,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.61,0:03:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much of the time,\Nhidden in the big teepee.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.20,0:03:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[howling, singing and chanting]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.03,0:03:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More than 10 hours later,\NDashina is still dancing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.19,0:03:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The medicine men greet the sun,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.41,0:03:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a signal that the final test is near.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.47,0:03:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[rhythmic chanting]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.28,0:03:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The girls' faces are painted\Nwith white clay,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.78,0:03:49.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,symbolizing the Goddess.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.37,0:03:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On their last circuit\Naround the sacred basket,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.31,0:03:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the girls wipe away the symbolic clay.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.53,0:03:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the falling of the tepee,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.59,0:04:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their rite of passage is complete.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.41,0:04:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dashina receives\Nher Apache woman's name;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.68,0:04:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Morning Star Feather.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.55,0:04:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-Morning Star Feather?\N-Morning Star Feather.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.15,0:04:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything went well;\Nshe's just gonna be a strong woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.47,0:04:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(narrator)\NHer community gathers,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.34,0:04:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,acknowledging that this girl\Nhas earned the right
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.17,0:04:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live as a woman of the tribe.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.79,0:04:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As an Apache woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.48,0:04:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dashina serves as a symbol\Nof her culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.59,0:04:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,renewing and protecting\Na way of life
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.20,0:04:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's in danger of vanishing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.04,0:04:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[cheering]