Rite of passage

A rite of passage is a ritual that marks a change in a person's social or sexual status.

Rites of passage are often ceremonies surrounding events such as childbirth, menarche or other milestones within puberty, weddings, menopause, and death.

Other rites include:

• Circumcision
• Coming of age
  • Gembuku (元服) among the samurai
  • Prom/Graduation
  • Pederasty
  • Rumspringa among the Amish
  • Russ in Norway
  • Vision quest in some Native American cultures
• Initiation rites
  • Baptism
  • First Communion and First Confession (in Catholicism)
  • Confirmation
  • Bar mitzvah
  • Walkabout
  • Freemasonry rituals
• Armed forces rites:
  • U.S. Marine Crucible
  • U.S. Army Victory Forge

External link

• A list of rites of passage and similar rituals