Rite of passage
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A rite of passage is a ceremony or ritual of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another. It involves a significant change of status in society. 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. The term is now fully adopted into anthropology as well as into the literature and popular cultures of many modern languages.
Initiation ritual of boys in Malawi. The ritual marks the passage from child to adult, each subgroup having its customs and expectations.
The Hamar are known for their custom of "bull jumping", which initiates a boy into manhood.
Jewish boy reading a Torah scroll at his Bar Mitzvah, using a Yad
Land diving is a rite of passage for boys of the South Pacific island of Pentecost
Hazing
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Hazing, initiation, beasting, bastardisation, ragging or deposition refers to any activity expected of someone in joining or participating in a group that humiliates, degrades, abuses, or endangers them regardless of a person's willingness to participate.
Hazing of French military pilot at 1,000 hours flight time
Paddling depicted on 1922 cover of College Humor magazine.
Native American okipa ceremony as witnessed by George Catlin, circa 1835
Tied and blindfolded first-year students from Universidad de Talca, Chile