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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.64,0:00:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>[narration] Beneath White \NMountain, in New Mexico,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.22,0:00:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Mescalero Apache reservation \Nprepares for a coming of age ritual.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.20,0:00:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the span of four days, \N13 year old Dashena Cochise
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.57,0:00:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will pass through ancient tests
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.72,0:00:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of strength, endurance, and character \Nthat will make her a woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.74,0:00:30.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Mescalero Apache hold the\Nritual every Fourth of July,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.89,0:00:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is a grueling ordeal intended\Nto prepare girls for the trials of womanhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.66,0:00:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>[Millette] When she was a little girl,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.56,0:00:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew this was what \NI wanted to have for her.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.52,0:00:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>[narration] Dashena's mother, \NMillette, has spent more than a year
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.36,0:00:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,preparing for this week of ceremony.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.93,0:00:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Family members and friends will help her \Nfeed and care for more than 50 guests.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.62,0:01:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The family's most important task is \Nselecting Dashena's Medicine Woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.89,0:01:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Zelda Yazza will instruct Dashena in the \Nways of traditional Apache womanhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.19,0:01:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The four day ceremony encapsulates \Nthe Apache creation story.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.09,0:01:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dashena will move through \Nthe stages of life:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.98,0:01:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,infant, child, adolescent, woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.56,0:01:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,culminating in an all night dance \Nthat will test her endurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.08,0:01:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ritual begins with the \Nrising of the morning star.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.07,0:01:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ceremony requires that \NDashena live by strict rules.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.86,0:01:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These four days mean little sleep, scant food, \Nand the need to set aside emotion.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.44,0:01:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Throughout the ordeal, she must \Nwear a face of stoic resolve.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.36,0:02:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>[Dashena] I'm very excited and \Nhappy, even though I can't smile.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.85,0:02:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I try to show it in some way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.04,0:02:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>[narration] Before Dashena joins \Nthe other girls, she is blessed,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.47,0:02:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dusted with pollen \Nthe symbol of fertility.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.17,0:02:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The girls start their \Njourney in a sacred teepee
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.43,0:02:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,built by their male relatives.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.69,0:02:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The basket is filled with pollen \Nand other ceremonial objects.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.24,0:02:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As their ancestors did, \Nthe girls run toward the rising sun,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.01,0:02:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,circling the basket four times\Nto mark the four stages of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.46,0:02:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fourth and final day brings \NDashena to the cusp of womanhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.91,0:03:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She ascends the hill to \Npray to the mountain spirits
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.95,0:03:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a long and successful life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.92,0:03:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With darkness near, it's time to \Ndance beside the ceremonial fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.70,0:03:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dashena and the other girls \Nwill dance all night long,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.02,0:03:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much of the time \Nhidden in big tepee.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.47,0:03:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More than ten hours later, \NDashena is still dancing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.61,0:03:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The medicine men greet the sun, a\Nsignal that the final test is near.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.64,0:03:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The girls' faces are painted with \Nwhite clay, symbolizing the goddess.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.78,0:03:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NOn their last circuit \Naround the sacred basket,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.28,0:03:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the girls wipe away\Nthe symbolic clay.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.23,0:04:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the falling of the tepee, \Ntheir rite of passage is complete.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.00,0:04:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dashena receives her Apache \Nwoman's name, Morning Star Feather.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.32,0:04:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>[Dashena] Morning Star Feather. \N>>[Zelda Yazza] Morning Star Feather.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.48,0:04:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything went well, \Nshe's a strong woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.16,0:04:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>[narration] Her community gathers \Nacknowledging that this girl has
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.70,0:04:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,earned the right to live \Nas a woman in the tribe.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.88,0:04:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As an Apache woman, Dashena \Nserves as a symbol of her culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.58,0:04:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,renewing and protecting a way of \Nlife that's in danger of vanishing.\N