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Rites of passage

Scope note

Ritual ceremonies performed to facilitate or mark a person's change of status upon any of several important social and personal occasions, such as the onset of puberty.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000247989

Broader Terms used

<cultural ceremonies>

Narrower Terms used

weddings
wakes
initiations
funerals

Term used for

passage, rites of

Equivalent Terms used

rite of passage

Created

13yrs ago

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