tribal initiation
Coming-of-age ceremony
Tribal initiation is a ceremony or set of rituals marking a person's transition from one social status to another within a traditional society—typically from childhood to adulthood.
These rites often involve tests of endurance, isolation, instruction in cultural knowledge, or physical marking such as scarification or circumcision.
The term extends to any ritualized entry into a group: The hazing felt like some brutal tribal initiation.
In anthropology, tribal initiation exemplifies rites of passage that transform identity through ordeal and community recognition.
- riteCeremonial act or practice
- rite of passageTransition-marking ceremony
- passageSegment of text
- coming of ageReaching adult status
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
naming ceremony · elders · ancestors · ordeal · scarification · tattoo · body paint · mask · seclusion · vision · vision quest · spirit journey · quest · manhood · womanhood · sacred · sacred knowledge · ritual
- African traditionsnaming ceremony, ancestral worship, rites of passage, healing rituals, naming ceremonies
- initiation ritesrite of passage, walkabout, puberty rites, ordeal, coming of age
- ritualsritual, rite, ceremony, sacrament, blessing
tribal initiationbanishment
Forced removal from place
exile · excommunication · expulsion · ostracism · shunning
tribal initiationcitizenship application
Request for national membership
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