Stages of Rite of Passage
Social life involves fundamental changes from one identity to another, marked by a ceremony or series of events called rite of passage, in which the individual is permanently promoted to a new social identity (Haviland, Prins, Walrath & McBride, 2015). Examples of rites of passage include birth, baptism, marriage, and graduation, among others (Rites of Passage, 2015). I will discuss the initiation from boyhood to […]