The Ritual

Tonight will be the night.
Hatwa-Mana is trembling with excitement.

The old medicine man starts marking his chest and face with the traditional signs and colors.
Outside the teepee the grown men start dancing round the fire.

Soon he will become one himself. Man - and fire.
Ino-Uchi, his bride to be, is anticipating his dance.

Yes. He has killed his first bear. One of the animal's claws will be dangling from the hunter's neck, from this day forth.
The Chieftain is coming, leading the initiate towards the fire.

"Bedtime, dear, enough playing. Sleep tight, darling ...", mom says.