Rites of Passage in Different Cultures
Your time is important. All of the village members will chip in to help the process. Pin On Tribes The Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania have a series of rites of passage that carry boys into manhood. . Some rites are as simple as a dance or the painting of faces while others are as extreme as forceful circumcision and sleeping with other mens wives. This is just a sample from a fellow student. Boys between the ages of 10 and 20 are brought together from all across the country. Among some of the indigenous societies of Africa and Australia intentionally painful genital surgery has been an integral part of such rites of passage. During this huge 15th birthday party which is both a social and religious event the family celebrates the young womans passage from girlhood to womanhood. In cultural anthropology the term is the Anglicisation of rite de passage a French term innovated by the. The ritual marks the passag...