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  2. Rite of passage - Wikipedia

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    In cultural anthropology the term is the Anglicisation of rite de passage, a French term innovated by the ethnographer Arnold van Gennep in his work Les rites de passage, The Rites of Passage. [1] The term is now fully adopted into anthropology as well as into the literature and popular cultures of many modern languages.

  3. Life cycle ritual - Wikipedia

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    While no scheme of classification of passage rites has been universally accepted, there is a general trend with names being given to distinguishable types and some corresponding examples: [4] a. Purification practices - prepare the individual for communication with the supernatural, or erasing an old status in preparation for a new one. [4] b.

  4. Liminality - Wikipedia

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    In anthropology, liminality (from Latin limen '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. 8 Rites of Passage as You Prepare for - and Enjoy - Retirement

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    Retirees get the freedom to choose how to spend their time, but they also walk away from the comfort of a steady paycheck and need to make 8 Rites of Passage as You Prepare for - and Enjoy ...

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

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    A rite of passage for young people in some Amish communities, Rumspringa is seen by most outsiders as a wild time away from strict Amish rules, when teenagers can experiment with the modern vices ...

  7. Ritual - Wikipedia

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    A rite of passage is a ritual event that marks a person's transition from one status to another, including adoption, baptism, coming of age, graduation, inauguration, engagement, and marriage. Rites of passage may also include initiation into groups not tied to a formal stage of life such as a fraternity .

  8. Rumspringa - Wikipedia

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    Rumspringa (Pennsylvania German pronunciation: [ˈrʊmˌʃprɪŋə]), [2] also spelled Rumschpringe or Rumshpringa (lit. ' running around ', [3] from Pennsylvania German rumschpringe ' to run around; to gad; to be wild '; [4] compare Standard German herum-, rumspringen ' to jump around '), is a rite of passage during adolescence, used in some Amish communities.

  9. An Amazon rainforest rite of passage in threatened territory

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