initiation ceremonies
Entry rites performed
Initiation ceremonies are formal rituals that mark a person's entry into a new group, status, or phase of life.
These ceremonies appear across cultures and contexts—tribal coming-of-age rites, fraternity hazing, religious confirmations, military inductions.
The rituals often involve tests, symbolic acts, or ordeals meant to transform the initiate and bind them to the group.
The initiation ceremonies lasted three days and included fasting and instruction from elders.
- rites of passageCeremonies marking major transitions
- coming of ageReaching adult status
- riteCeremonial act or practice
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- marriage customsPractices around joining couples
vision quest · spirit journey · transition · confirmation · scarification · tribal elders · adolescence · communion · secret societies · secret handshake · neophyte · fraternal bonds · blood brothers · pledge week · sacred knowledge · liminality · maturity · vows
- African traditionsancestral worship, rites of passage, tribal chiefs, healing rituals, tribal dances
- traditional religionancestors, ancestral spirits, deities, rituals, sacrifices
- childhoodchildhood, baby, child, kid, toys
initiation ceremoniesexpulsion
Forced permanent removal
excommunication · banishment · dishonorable discharge · defrocking · ostracism
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Customs for honoring deceased
death rituals · last rites · graduation ceremonies · burial ceremonies · memorial services
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