Braiding Day

Braiding day is a special coming of age ceremony for girls and boys alike. They way you present yourself to the society is very important for Inzu culture and there are strict rules that not only affect the type of clothing you can wear but also the kind of hairstyles you should wear as well. This does not really apply to kids however, even though rich and aristocratic families give greater importance on how their younger members look like to protect their status and reputation.
This ceremony marks an important milestone and it basically symbolises the day a person is joining the adult world and is ready to take on responsibilities that go along with it and wants to actively participate in society. It is usually done when a person reaches their 20 birthday or they get engaged to be married. The youngest age is 13 although if a family loses it's heir or a couple is engaged when they are kids to strengthen the individual ties between the families, the ceremony takes place the moment kids are able to sit still and then is once again repeated when they are older.
The celebrant starts their day with a bath and then they are led into a dressing room. An elder of the family or some kind of a relative who is usually married will then help them dress up, recite the responsibilities that go along with being a good human being and a productive member of society and then, finally, they will dry and comb their hair and braid them in a way it is supposed to be worn from now on and teaches the young person how to make that hairstyle for themselves. If the ceremony is a part of an engagement party, the girl will get adorned with an engagement gift which is usually a hair ornament of some kind. When the ceremony is over, usually a banquet follows where the celebrant sits at a place of honour the entire time, no matter the status of all who come to congratulate them.