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The worldwide average age of menarche is very difficult to estimate accurately, and it varies significantly by geographical region, race, ethnicity and other characteristics, and occurs mostly during a span of ages from 8 to 16, with a small percentage of girls having menarche by age 10, and the vast majority having it by the time they were 14. [3]
In most of India, menarche is celebrated as a positive aspect of a girl's life. For example, in Andhra Pradesh, girls who experience their menstrual period for the first time are given presents and celebrations to mark the occasion. [69] In South Indian tradition, the first period is celebrated as a rite of passage in the Ritu Kala Samskaram.
The first period, a point in time known as menarche, usually begins between the ages of 11 and 13. [1] Menstruation starting as young as 8 years would still be considered normal. [2] The average age of the first period is generally later in the developing world, and earlier in the developed world. [3]
The origin appears to be in connection mainly with the following Bible verses referring to the period translated, "time".. And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
The average age of a girl's first period is 12 to 13 (12.5 years in the United States, [6] 12.72 in Canada, [7] 12.9 in the UK [8]) but, in postmenarchal girls, about 80% of the cycles are anovulatory in the first year after menarche, which declines to 50% in the third year, and to 10% by the sixth. [9]
The Household Bible Dictionary [42] James Aitken Wylie: 1870 Beeton's Bible Dictionary [43] Samuel Orchart Beeton: 1871 A Bible dictionary for the use of all readers and students of the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments of the books of the Apocrypha [44] Charles Boutell: Reissued as Haydn's Bible Dictionary (1879), named for Joseph ...
A menstruation celebration, first moon party, or period party, celebrates menstruation. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Different cultures and communities across the globe celebrate Menarche (first period). [ 4 ] This practice is followed by Apache , Ojibwe and Hupa tribal communities from different parts of North America, Ulithi tribe from South Pacific ...
Ages of initiation school attendance range from 12 to 20 years old however the generally accepted age for girls is between 15 and 18. The incidence of a girl's first menses, ‘menarche’, is regarded as a positive indication for physical and spiritual readiness for initiation school attendance. While having reached puberty is a good indicator ...