A number of activities take place during the ceremony and each part has its own purpose and meaning. As a whole, the procession takes place over four days and within a reasonable time after the first menstruation. However, if the child is absent at boarding school, he or she will return home immediately or if this is not possible, the ceremony will have to be postponed. The sequence of events that will unfold over the four days is directly linked to the myth of Kinaalda's origins. For example, in Marie Shirley's Kinaalda, the order and events that take place are very similar to the events that took place during the mythical origin story. For Shirley's ceremony, events that take place include: styling, dressing, casting, first and second races, nighttime activities and several others. To prepare for the events that will take place, those involved do things like husk corn and clean the hogan. On the first day of the ceremony, the girls involved have their hair styled to resemble a changing woman and are dressed in their ceremonial clothes, which include silver and turquoise ornaments. By wearing this jewelry, some believe it is a testimony to one's future. If she wears large amounts of jewelry, it means that she will have a rich and successful life. Usually, after dressing, the person is up. This was something Changing Woman did in her own ceremony, to thank people for their gifts (Wheelwright, 1942). They must then lie on their stomach to begin the casting process; this relates to the kinaalda myth of the first daughter in which "she was molded and pressed so that she had a good figure" (T...... middle of paper ......sity Press. Markstrom, CA, & Iborra, A. (2003). Adolescent Identity Formation and Rites of Passage: The Navajo Kinaalda Ceremony for Girls. R. (2001). Great Woman (pp. 63-65). Reichard, Gladys (1950) Kinaaldá Ceremony in the Navajo Nation. 2004. Web. April 26, 2014. Underhill, R., Chona, M. (1936), Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association, No. 46, Menasha, Wisconsin: Krause Reprint Co. Wheelwright, M. (1942). Navajo Creation Myth Series, Vol. 1. Santa Fe: Navajo Ceremonial Art Museum...