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  2. To the Ends of the Earth - Wikipedia

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    To the Ends of the Earth. To the Ends of the Earth is a trilogy of nautical, relational novels— Rites of Passage (1980), Close Quarters (1987), and Fire Down Below (1989)—by British author William Golding. Set on a former British man-of-war transporting migrants to Australia in the early 19th century, the novels explore themes of class and ...

  3. Rite of passage - Wikipedia

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    Major theorists. Journals. Religions. Social and cultural anthropology. v. t. e. A rite of passage is a ceremony or ritual of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another. It involves a significant change of status in society.

  4. Liminality - Wikipedia

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    Anthropology of religion. In anthropology, liminality (from Latin līmen 'a threshold') [1] is the quality of ambiguity or disorientation that occurs in the middle stage of a rite of passage, when participants no longer hold their pre-ritual status but have not yet begun the transition to the status they will hold when the rite is complete. [2]

  5. Rite of Passage: Child of the Forest - Developer interview - AOL

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    With awesome visuals, engaging story and clever gameplay - Rite of Passage 2 is surely unforgettable. We had a chance to. As mentioned in our review, Rite of Passage: Child of the Forest is one of ...

  6. Simbari people - Wikipedia

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    The Simbari people (also known as the Simbari Anga, [1] called Sambia by Herdt [2]) are a mountain-dwelling, hunting and horticultural tribal people who inhabit the fringes of the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. [3] The Sambia – a pseudonym created by anthropologist Gilbert Herdt – are known by cultural anthropologists for ...

  7. Vision quest - Wikipedia

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    A vision quest is a rite of passage in some Native American cultures. Individual Indigenous cultures have their own names for their rites of passage. "Vision quest" is an English-language umbrella term, and may not always be accurate or used by the cultures in question. Among Native American cultures who have this type of rite, it usually ...

  8. Ritu Kala Samskaram - Wikipedia

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    Ritusuddhi, also called as Ritu Kala Samskara, is the coming of age ceremony for girls, after menarche or first menstruation or simply, first period. This milestone in a girl's life is observed by her family and friends, with gifts and her wearing a sari for the ritual. [2][3] The rite of passage is celebrated, in modern times, as a "half-saree ...

  9. Amish youth experience a rite of passage called Rumspringa ...

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    The idea of “Rumspringa” has a specific spot in the American imagination. A rite of passage for young people in some Amish communities, Rumspringa is seen by most outsiders as a wild time away ...