Half sari function or Langa VoniTelugu: లంగా ఓణి, Pavadai DhavaniTamil: பாவாடை தாவணி, Langa DavaniKannada: ಲಂಗ ದಾವಣಿ. In South Indian Hindu tradition, the Ritu Kala Samskara ceremony or Ritushuddhi is a ceremony performed when a girl wears a sari for the first time. It is the celebration of a girl's rite of passage after menarche (first menstruation) or period, and she is deemed a young woman both physically and spiritually.[1] Langa voni is traditional clothing for unmarried girls in South India.[citation needed]
The Ritual
Ritusuddhi, also called as Ritu Kala Samskara, is the coming of age ceremony for girls, after menarche or first menstruation or simply, first period. This milestone in a girl's life is observed by her family and friends, with gifts and her wearing a sari for the ritual.[2][3] 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.[1]
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
The tradition of presenting a langa voni begins with the girl's first naming ceremony Namakaran and her first rice feeding ceremony called Annaprashana. She receives her last one at her coming of age ceremony.
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