Mongol boys to men

[davetatch]

Were there any ritual to signify a boy becoming a man?
It could be from folklore or stories? I understand that at age 14 - (in Chinggis Kahn's time) that a boy became a warrior. What did it mean for the boy and how was he seen differently from then on?

Thanks, Dave

[H. İhsan Erkoç]

The Turkic peoples always had that tradition, but I don't know if the Mongols had it or not.

[Bor Chono]

If a boy`s moustache is can be seen he is called man.
If he still don`t have moustache (maybe untill 18) that boy sometimes called "Huu-hen"
word "Huu" means "boy"
word "Huu-hen" means "female" & "girlish"

A boy who had (after his first) wet dream is a man. ;D