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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 Rite of passage - Initiation, Transition, Separation: From its beginning, the study of rites of passage has attempted to account for similarities and differences between the rites of different societies
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
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
Ritual - Initiation, Transition, Celebration | Britannica The basic characteristic of the rite of passage is the transition from one mode of life to another Rites of passage have often been described as rituals that mark a crisis in individual or communal life
Rites of Passage, Folklorist, Ethnographer - Britannica Gennep’s major work was Les Rites de Passage (1909; The Rites of Passage), in which he systematically compared those ceremonies that celebrate an individual’s transition from one status to another within a given society
Shintō - Rituals, Kami, Shrines | Britannica Various Shintō rites of passage are observed in Japan The first visit of a newborn baby to the tutelary kami, which occurs 30 to 100 days after birth, is to initiate the baby as a new adherent
The Rites of Passage | work by Gennep | Britannica Les Rites de Passage (1909; The Rites of Passage), in which he systematically compared those ceremonies that celebrate an individual’s transition from one status to another within a given society
The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure …of African rites of passage, The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure (1969), Turner revealed the drama and flux of everyday social life and highlighted the agency of rites in effecting social change, which he considered to be their fundamental role