Coming of age
A ceremony called Sari when she turned 11 years old.
What is the ceremony that Jyotsna celebrated?
The voni means that a girl isn’t married yet, so they use the voni until they get married.
What is the meaning of the voni in some Indian traditions
Martina is 21 days old and Jyotsna is 11 years old.
How old were they?
Martina was 21 days old
How old was Martina?
A square piece of woven or knitted cloth worn especially for covering the head or shoulders.
What is Scrawl?
Jyotsna’s favorite part of the whole ceremony
What was the gift-giving?
Indian tradition celebrated at 11 years old.
How many years does the girls need to celebrate the Sari hindu ceremony?
The test coffee is from Cuba and the Sari ceremony is from India.
Where are their cultures from?
Her grandmother was from Cuba
What country was Martina's grandmother from?
A costume that makes the Indian woman always remain attached to her roots and value her culture, tradition and values.
What is a sari?
Jyotsna received this on her birthday
What is the first half sari or better known as voni?
They do this by putting yellow-colored rice grains on her head.
How did they bless Jyotsna?
The topic in Martina the beautiful cockroach is marriage, in Coming of age it’s the becoming a young adult.
What is the topic in each tale?
Her grandmother did not give her a gift but very wise advice
What did Martina's grandmother give her?
It is when people as they grow up new things happen to them
What are phases of life?
Her uncle and his wife gave this to Jyotsna.
Who gave her the first voni?
A Cuban folktale tradition knows if he or she is the right person for getting married.
What is the purpose of spilling coffee in a person’s shoe?
The coming of age girl is called Jyotsna and the cockroach was called Martina
What are the names of the girls in the story?
It was the mouse called Perez
Who was the suitor who also had a Cuban grandmother?
Impossibility or reservation that a person has to believe something that they do not see or that is not proven, even if it is accepted or agreed by the majority.
What is Disbelief?
She was in India, in her aunt's house during her ceremony
Where did Jyotsna celebrate her ceremony?
All the women in the house Cucaracha gave Martina some things that were a seashell comb, a lace shawl and her grandma gave her the idea of the coffee test.
What did every woman in the house cucaracha do?
Jyotsna is a girl and Martina was a cockroach, she was not human.
Are they humans?, If they’re not what they are?
Martina's grandmother told her to spill coffee on someone's shoes to see if it was the right one.
What kind of advice did Martina's grandmother give her?
It is when a person is used to not being told anything and consents to it.
What is being pampered?