is the ceremony where an apprentice geisha graduates to become a

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. The occasion is marked by a number of ceremonies and changes in appearance, such as wearing a plain white collar on the underkimono () instead of the embroidered red-and-white attached collar () worn by apprentices. The

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worn by an apprentice also changes: from a variety of different styles constructed with her own hair to the -style wig worn by geisha.

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