A rite of passage is a ceremony or ritual of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another. It involves a significant...

honeymoon, pregnancy, raising a family, as well as those related to final rites associated with cremation. These rites of passage are not uniform, and vary...

A sexual rite of passage is a ceremonial event that marks the passage of a young person to sexual maturity and adulthood, or a widow from the married state...

Rite of Passage is a science fiction novel by American writer Alexei Panshin. Published in 1968 as an Ace Science Fiction Special, this novel about a...

up rite of passage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A rite of passage is a ritual that marks a change in a person's social or sexual status. Rite(s)...

D.O.A.: A Right of Passage is a 1980 rockumentary film directed by Lech Kowalski (his premiere film as a director) about the origin of punk rock. The rockumentary...

"Rite of Passage" is the fifth episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy drama Shameless, an adaptation of the British series of the...

organized religions and cults, but also rites of passage, atonement and purification rites, oaths of allegiance, dedication ceremonies, coronations and...

and last rites Samskara (rite of passage), rites of passage in Indic religions and cultures RITE Method, game usability criteria Rite (album), a 1993 ambient...

Donal Logue as King Horik of Denmark Alyssa Sutherland as Princess Aslaug, a love interest of Ragnar, claiming to be the daughter of the valkyrie Brynhildr...

Traditionally, the most common reason for scarification has been as a rite of passage. Scarification has been widely used by many West African tribes to...

also practised by a number of Hindu religious orders. Tonsure is usually the part of three rites of passages in the life of the individual in Hinduism...

birth as part of a rite of passage. Circumcision is near-universal among Coptic Christians, and they practice circumcision as a rite of passage. The Ethiopian...

profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. — Leviticus 18:21 The majority of the Leviticus references come from a single passage of four lines: Moreover...

Rite Of Passage (29 March 2004 – May 2023) was a British-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Ascot Gold Cup and being...

Tulì is a Filipino rite of male circumcision. It has a long historical tradition and is considered an obligatory rite of passage for males; those who have...

(from Latin limen 'a threshold') is the quality of ambiguity or disorientation that occurs in the middle stage of a rite of passage, when participants...

To the Ends of the Earth is a trilogy of nautical novels—Rites of Passage (1980), Close Quarters (1987), and Fire Down Below (1989)—by British author...

a rite of passage marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society. It could also be a formal admission to adulthood in a community or one of its...

dress in traditional battle dress and stage a mock battle. This is also a time for male rites of passage, when young men are introduced to warfare. The...

a time when human sacrifices were the norm worldwide. It has been suggested that Genesis 22 contains an intrusion of the liturgy of a rite of passage...

"The birds and the bees" is a colloquial expression referring to a rite of passage in the lives of most children when parents explain human sexuality and...

may make for a number of reasons. It may mark a special occasion, such as the birth of a baby, or as part of a rite of passage such as a baby's first...

presence, spends the night in the presence of other children. The sleepover is often seen as a rite of passage for a young child or teenager, as they begin...

). Part of the rites of passage of growing up are what have been termed "rites of separation from the asexual world... followed by rites of incorporation...

Rites of Passage is a 1999 thriller film written and directed by Victor Salva and starring Dean Stockwell, James Remar, and Jason Behr. The film begins...

Guinea, and other countries. The Mandinka practice a rite of passage, kuyangwoo, which marks the beginning of adulthood for their children. At an age between...

A vision quest is a rite of passage in some Native American cultures. Individual Indigenous cultures have their own names for their rites of passage. "Vision...

this indicates a tradition of bride-stealing, but other scholars including Jan de Vries interpreted it as indicating a rite of passage conveying the bride...

aesthetics, convenience, culture, fashion, practicality, punishment, a rite of passage, religion, or style. The earliest historical records describing head...