Tukanas (Colombia).

  La Festa das Novas Flies is the rite of passage into womanhood used in this tribe Northwest Amazon. It happens when the first period, after which it remains isolated the girl for about 8 weeks in a room of the house built for this purpose is coming.

During this period you will be led to believe that is initiated in the underworld and will be attacked at any time by a demon named Noo. To complete the rite the other inhabitants of the house venture into that room disguised with masks and hoods into believing they are incarnations of Noo. After that, the girl's body is painted white so as to protect the devil, taking it to the third morning of that room like a real woman.