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Editorial. Rites of Passage [PDF]

open access: yesArdeth, 2020
“Change is avalanching upon our heads and most people are grotesquely unprepared to cope with it”, argued the futurist Alvin Toffler in his famous book Future Shock. Toffler wrote this in 1970, half a century ago. But how much more true today, when a political (Brexit), an ecological (climate change) and a psychological crisis – which is what the ...
Jörg H. Gleiter
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The culture of homosexuality: lessons from Rites de Passage [PDF]

open access: yesCultura de los Cuidados, 2012
In his seminal work, The Rites of Passage, Arnold van Gennep (1960) described three categories of rituals with successive and distinct moments in ritual time: separation, margin and aggregation.
Dula F. Pacquiao, Mary Kay Carney
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Rites of Passage: Special Reference to Ao-Naga Puberty Rites as Markers of Identity [PDF]

open access: yesLitinfinite, 2020
Like in any other human society, in traditional Ao-Naga life, puberty is an important phase to be celebrated it as a rite. Ao-Nagas visualize puberty as an indicator to get married and ability to beget children through legitimate marriage.
Dr. Resenmenla Longchar
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Analysis of Feminine Votive Charity based on Rites de Passage Theory [PDF]

open access: yesزن در فرهنگ و هنر, 2019
Rites are a collection of actions and speeches held in a culture and community and believe that existence of the effective presence of supernatural beings can influence them in particular ways.
Samaneh Salek   +2 more
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Rites of passage: A comparison of US, Malaysian and Brazilian adolescents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This study compares the life events perceived as "rites of passage" from adolescence to adulthood by respondents between the ages of 14 and 23 in 3 countries and discusses the possible influences of culture and globalization on these perceptions ...
de Souza, Luciana Karine   +2 more
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Factors Responsible for the Activities of the Transitional Rites of Passage on Youth’s Morality in South Africa [PDF]

open access: yesE-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies
In South Africa, the transitional rites of passage on the morality of the youth have been brought to the fore by ongoing transitional rites depicted by weekend social activities with the practice of substance use and abuse among the youths at various ...
Rofem Bassey   +3 more
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Rediscovering Rites of Passage: Education, Transformation, and the Transition to Sustainability

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2002
This paper focuses on rites of passage as a model for wilderness programs. It draws on my experience in the field, particularly with Native youth in a community-based program called "Rediscovery." The Rediscovery program is discussed, along with concepts
David Adam Lertzman
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Rites of Passage: Flow of Gifts

open access: yesDhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, 2011
This paper aims to explore how gifts are connected with the sanskars, rites of transition or rite of passage. I have discussed how gifts are connected culturally in the context of rites of transitions, in order to systematically search for the different ...
Man Bahadur Khattri
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Les bals de finissants et les initiations universitaires au regard des concepts d’Erving Goffman [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Les bals de finissants et les initiations universitaires sont souvent associés à des rites de passage. Il est cependant possible de les analyser sous un autre angle, celui des interactions.
Harvengt, David
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Adolescents’ perceptions of an adventure-based programme

open access: yesPerspectives in Education, 2010
A qualitative study was undertaken to explore the perceptions of youth regarding their wilderness rites of passage experience and its value for their lives.
Ronel Bosch, Marietjie Oswald
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