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 ...

Men of the Maasai tribe perform traditional dance, during a Maasai male rite of passage, specifically the initiation of boys, ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

This rite of passage reminds her of her role in the world ... as Jewish women sought to embrace greater roles within their ...

Even the moment of the formal verification of the pope’s death takes place in the context of a prayer service “at home” in ...

The practice originated in humanist circles in the 1850s as free thinkers sought a secular alternative to religious rites of passage like confirmation. The tradition is a coming-of-age ritual for ...