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Many cultures practice or have practiced initiation rites, including the ancient Greeks, the Hebraic/Jewish, the Babylonian, the Mayan, and the Norse cultures. The modern Japanese practice of Miyamairi is such a ceremony. In some, such evidence may be archaeological and descriptive in nature, rather than a modern practice.
Lebollo la basadi also known as female initiation among the Basotho is a rite of passage ritual which marks the transition of girls into womanhood.This activity is still practiced in the Free State, Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal provinces of South Africa.
The 100 Women in White sing worship music on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at Second Baptist Church in Alliance during the group's 26th faith concert event.
The Enemy Way ceremony involves song, sandpainting, dance, and the powerful mythical figure Monster Slayer. [10] The ceremony lasts for several days and includes the enacting of a battle. [11] Associated with the Enemy Way is a Girl's Dance, to which young men are invited by marriageable young women. [12]
At this point, any man interested in any one of them can start investigating her family. It is assumed that any woman who partakes in the rites not only brings honour to herself but to her family at large. The ritual is done to initiate young women into knowing their responsibilities before stepping into marriage. [8]
The various phases of the life cycle were described by David Lancy [2] as belonging to six practical categories: 1) Birth and early infancy, which Lancy describes as ritually being the least important given the doubt over the child's survival; 2) Joining the community when the infant's survival is confirmed, usually denoted by a naming ceremony ...
Sande society initiates marked with white clay and animal fat, called Hojo or Wojeh.. Sande, also known as zadεgi, bundu, bundo and bondo, is a women's initiation society in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and the Ivory Coast.
Initiation may be thought of as an event which may help teens prepare themselves to be good husbands and wives. Where modernization is occurring, initiation is not taken so seriously as before, although there are still certain areas which still perform initiations. The bull jumping ceremony of the Hamar tribe in Ethiopia