Rites of passages is when a person transitions into one phase into another, similar to child into adolescence, or adolescence into adulthood. Rites of passages can also be a transformation, or initiation into a group. When someone gets baptized it’s a form of rites of passage, the transitioning into becoming a follower of Christ. When a Jewish boy turns thirteen, it signifies the transformation into a boy to a man, likewise with a Hispanic quince, and an American Sweet Sixteen. Even fraternities and sororities have initiation in order to be in the group. There are many forms of rites of passages in the military, in religion and even in a career.
Every culture has a rites of passage, different customs, and different ways to express the transformation. In Mt Kenya circumcision of the genital organs for both sexes is a custom of rites de passage from a child to an adult. In sitting quietly they must kill someone in order to bring order to bring them into a new life of adulthood. In Sambia, they plan to build men who are strong and brave, in order to be good warriors defending their families and villages against their enemies through oral sex for nourishment. Every culture has traditions and their own way of viewing life. They have different customs which contributes to different rites of passages.
In formal education, graduation is the ritual, the ceremony that indicates growth-a transition from one stage to another. In America, a child graduates elementary into middle school, middle into high school, and then has the choice to continue their education into a vocational school, college, or university. We can consider grades as well to be rites of passage. Without grades students won’t be promoted to the next grade.
Every culture has a rites of passage, different customs, and different ways to express the transformation. In Mt Kenya circumcision of the genital organs for both sexes is a custom of rites de passage from a child to an adult. In sitting quietly they must kill someone in order to bring order to bring them into a new life of adulthood. In Sambia, they plan to build men who are strong and brave, in order to be good warriors defending their families and villages against their enemies through oral sex for nourishment. Every culture has traditions and their own way of viewing life. They have different customs which contributes to different rites of passages.
In formal education, graduation is the ritual, the ceremony that indicates growth-a transition from one stage to another. In America, a child graduates elementary into middle school, middle into high school, and then has the choice to continue their education into a vocational school, college, or university. We can consider grades as well to be rites of passage. Without grades students won’t be promoted to the next grade.
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