Do We Need Rites of Passage?

November 15, 2012

pimg class=”alignright” title=”Generations” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/youngoldhands.jpg” alt=”youngoldhands” width=”319″ height=”211″ /The young native American teen sent off into the darkness with nothing but a bow and arrow and expected to return with a wolf pelt or two or three. The Masaai warrior tasked with stalking and killing a lion in single combat. The a title=”Initiation With Ants” href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGIZ-zUvotM” target=”_blank”donning of a glove lined with stinging bullet ants/a to commemorate becoming a man. Ritualistic tattooing, branding, or mutilation upon reaching a certain age or completing a certain task. The bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah, celebrations of a Jewish boy#8217;s and girl#8217;s respective entrances into adulthood. The Latin American quinceañera. Rites of passage are nearly universal throughout human cultures, both ancient and modern. Universally-preserved behaviors, whether physiological traits, or cultural artifacts, are usually there for very good, or at least very important reasons. So let#8217;s take a closer look. Why do we have rites of passage? Are they still a […]

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