Rite of passage

A rite of passage is a ritual that marks a change in a person's social or sexual status. Rites of passage are often ceremonies surrounding events such as childbirth, menarche or other milestones within puberty, weddings, menopause, and death. Other rites include:\n* Circumcision \n* Coming of age\n** Gembuku (元服) among the samurai\n** Prom/Graduation\n** Pederasty\n** Rumspringa among the Amish\n** Russ in Norway\n** Vision quest in some Native American cultures\n* Initiation rites\n**Baptism\n**First Communion and First Confession (in Catholicism)\n**Confirmation\n**Bar mitzvah\n**Walkabout\n**Freemasonry rituals\n*Armed forces rites:\n**U.S. Marine Crucible\n**U.S. Army Victory Forge \n

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\n* A list of rites of passage and similar rituals