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A community ceremony marking a young person's transition into a new social stage

Primarily Symbolic/Cultural

Why Do Humans Create Coming-of-Age Rituals?

Coming-of-age rituals make an ambiguous biological transition socially explicit. Initiation can teach roles, transmit knowledge and intensify group identity, but costly or coercive rites can also harm participants; their strongest…