Hi Deb - I don't know of any others that aren't included on your list -
I hope you will share any off-list responses you get. The one thing I
do stress in this section is the difference between adolescence and
"rites of passage;" emphasizing that "adolescence" is a culture-bound
phenomenon - many cultures don't experience this stage and their
language doesn't even have a word for it, indicating the significance of
the ceremonial celebration of going from child --> adult.
Looking forward to hearing about other passages,
Dani'
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Deb Briihl wrote:
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> I am looking for information different types of rites of passage from
> child-adolescence-adulthood. I am doing this project as part of an intro to
> psychology class. I have a few, but I wanted to give my students the actual
> name of the rite and then their job will be to look up what occurs in the
> process. They are to focus on the transition stage - what challenges The
> ones that I have found include:
> Jewish - bar or bat mitzvah
> Catholic - confirmation
> Other Christian Churchs use baptism
> Wiccan - entry into adolescene/coming of age (spec. name?)
> Buddism - The name I got from a site was Induction to Sangha, but I can't
> find anything else.
> Hinduism - The name I got was 10th Samskara (is this right?)
> Does Islam have a version?
> Other cultures
> Aboriginal - Burr-Nong
> Native American - Vision Quest, Sun Dance, the first menstruation (again,
> name?)
> I know that there are various African rites of passage, but I couldn't find
> the names. I also read a bit about the African-American rites of passage
> that have started in the U.S. Again, I don't know the name.
> Medieval - page-squire-knight
> U.S. - driver's license (that was the one that actually had steps).
>
> Deb
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