The Sacred Thread ceremony is a ceremony for boys in some Hindu communities to confirm they are of an age to take on religious responsibility. Girls are sometimes honoured in the same way ...

These are more a matter of Punjabi culture than of specifically religious practice. Sikhism considers marriage to be a way for the individual to gain fulfilment, also as a way to serve God and the ...

During these three interrelated rites of passage, a group or age-set of Maasai boys pass together from being children to being morans (warriors), then adults and then elders. Enkipaata is a ...

As you move through the retirement process, you can expect to go through most, if not all, of the following rites of passage. At some point, people realize that, yes, they can retire. Perhaps they ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Some of the elders who attended the rite of passage ceremony at Mbale Municipality Grounds ...

It is followed by all Myanmar Buddhists and is said to date back more than 2 1/2 millennia, a religious gift given ... the ...