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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
- Initiation rites
- Baptism
- Confirmation
- Bar mitzvah
- Walkabout
- Graduation
- Masonic initiation[?]
- Armed forces initiation rites:
- Marriage
- Divorce
- Rites associated with menopause
- Retirement
- Funerals
- A list of rites of passage and similar rituals (http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/waymac/Sociology/A%20Term%201/2.%20Culture/Rituals.htm)
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