Enoka Mamoe Hair cutting 1992

1992

This is my brother Enoka’s haircutting held in St Paul’s Trinity Pacific Presbyterian Hall on the corner of Cashel / Madras Streets. He was 15 years and this is a ceremony to signify his transition from boy to man. It is a Samoan tradition but celebrated around the Pacific. Funnily he got his first girlfriend within days of cutting his hair.

Area: Central City / Central Christchurch - East

Contributor: Rosie Levi

Source: Entry in the 2013 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt

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Enoka Mamoe Hair cutting 1992

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