Copyright reserved by the author pp. 1-10 Scope and Content: This article considers the process of coming of age among the Kilenge people through the context of ritual and ceremony. It discusses Marty Zelenietz and Jill Grant's second trip to Ongaia (1981-82) when they brought their baby daughter Sari Amaring with them and documents two coming of age ceremonies held for her--narikanga (homecoming for first-born) and nakuvok