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Rite of passage | Definition, Meanings, Classification, Examples . . . Rite of passage, ceremonial event, existing in all historically known societies, that is often connected with one of the biological milestones of life (birth, maturity, reproduction, and death) and that marks the passage from one social or religious status to another
Rite of passage - Initiation, Transition, Separation | Britannica Rites of passage dramatize a society’s worldview in ways that evoke certain emotions, which in turn provide experiential evidence for claims about the composition of the world and about the ways one should live within it Thus, rites of passage support the reasonableness of a particular worldview and lifestyle by seeming to attune human
Rite of passage - Life Cycle, Ceremonies | Britannica Rites of passage that signal the assumption of social statuses disapproved by society are both out of keeping with the prevailing interpretation of the rites as being socially supportive and would broaden them to cover such events as trials by jury and commitment to prison for serious crimes
Rite of passage - Initiation, Transition, Separation | Britannica If all societies of the world, preliterate and literate, are considered, the most commonly recurrent rites of passage are those connected with the normal but critical events in the human life span—birth, attainment of physical maturity, mating and reproduction, and death
Ritual - Initiation, Transition, Celebration | Britannica Rites of passage have often been described as rituals that mark a crisis in individual or communal life These rituals often define the life of an individual They include rituals of birth, puberty (entrance into the full social life of a community), marriage , conception , and death
Rite of passage - Initiation, Transition, Rituals | Britannica Rite of passage - Initiation, Transition, Rituals: The most prevalent of rites of initiation among societies of the world are those observed at puberty These have frequently been called puberty rites, but, as van Gennep argued long ago, this name is inappropriate
Upanayana, Vedic Rituals Initiation Ceremony - Britannica The rites are usually performed by the father, in the home, and are more carefully observed in the case of male children The most generally accepted list of 16 traditional samskaras begins with the prenatal ceremonies of garbhadhana (for conception), pumsavana (to favour a male birth), and simantonnayana (“hair-parting,” to ensure safe
Innocent passage | international law | Britannica …only by a right of innocent passage—that is, peaceful transit not prejudicial to the good order or security of the coastal state—for merchant vessels of other nations The right of innocent passage does not apply to submerged submarines or to aircraft, nor does it include a right to fish Read More
Rites of Passage, Folklorist, Ethnographer - Britannica Arnold van Gennep was a French ethnographer and folklorist, best known for his studies of the rites of passage of various cultures Although Gennep was born in Germany and had a Dutch father, he lived most of his life and received his education in France, his mother’s native country