In the most simplistic terms, a rite of passage is an event that marks one’s transition from one status or life course, to the next. For many societies a rite of passage involves many rituals, some painful (scarring, circumcision, female genital mutilation), and some that are not (quinceanera, Sweet 16th celebrations, bat mitzvah, bar mitzvah). […]
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