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 include:

• The attendant rituals surrounding birth
• circumcision
• Coming of age
  • Genpuku[?]
• Initiation rites
  • Baptism
  • Confirmation
  • Bar mitzvah
  • Walkabout
  • Graduation
  • Masonic initiation[?]
  • Armed forces initiation rites:
    • U.S. Marine Crucible[?]
    • U.S. Army Victory Forge[?]
• Marriage
• Divorce
• Rites associated with menopause
• Retirement
• Funerals

External links

• A list of rites of passage and similar rituals (http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/waymac/Sociology/A%20Term%201/2.%20Culture/Rituals.htm)