Investor Rite of Passage 1: Hunting Trials In Brazil’s Matis tribe, boys entering manhood must go on a hunt with their eyes filled with a bitter poison designed to “improve” their vision.

Whether as a rite of passage, a symbol of status, or an expression of beauty, they continue to play a significant role in the lives of many around the globe. Recommended Sharon Fletcher unveils ...

Investor Rite of Passage 1: End Your Love Affair With Work The Okrika tribe of Nigeria believes that young women of the tribe form romantic relationships with water spirits during their childhood.

Initiation rites are a vital step in the transition to adult life in many cultures around the world. Some involve ritual circumcision, symbolic cuts to the body or tests of endurance, others a period ...

Every tribe has its rite of passage defining manhood. In our tribe it is this-- the passing of barbecue tongs-- the lighting of the flame. Today my son is a man. ‪#‎sob -- Cindy, via Facebook.

Stunning images reveal the final frail members of a tribe that used to behead people and parade their bloodied skulls as a rite of passage. The Konyak headhunters live in Nagaland, north-east India ...

In these tribes found near the Sepik River, which flows through the northern part of Papua New Guinea, a young person will go into initiation — a ceremony signifying entrance into adulthood.

In “Iron John: A Book about Men,” Robert Bly writes about certain primitive tribes in the heart of Borneo where there’d be some incredible four-day rites of passage ceremony involving ...