The day I became a woman
Romina (9) on the day she becomes a woman, poses before she goes to school where this ceremony will take place.
According to Shia Islamic traditions a girl becomes a woman in the ninth year of her life. In Modern day Tehran girl schools organise special events to mark this moment, called the 'Jashne Taklif', which means 'celebration of responsibility'. After this events the ' women' have to start wearing the Islamic headscarf and manteau and start praying daily in the school. For the children at my nieces school the event is symbolic, most of their parents aren't activly religious, but still it's an important event.
