Rite of passage is a celebration of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another. It involves a significant change of status in society. There is a comparison between the ritual way major life stages are negotiated in small-scale societies and our own poverty of effective rites of passage – Western. ![]() Coming of Age, Peer Groups, and Rites of Passage. In comparing the symposium to a Männerbund (brotherhood), this article reflects on its role as a backdrop to the discourse of social ‘initiation’ in a broader discussion of ‘rites of passage’ – rituals that more or less explicitly sacramentalize and define the development of the individual as a social being in ancient Greece, as in other societies. It discusses the rites of passage for groups of adolescents, initiation processes for young people, choral education for young girls, and narrative logic and aetiology. Keywords: adolescents, rites of passage, social being, symposium, ancient Greece, choral education, aetiology. RiteSite is an executive jobs, employment, and career management site for executives earning $100,000 to $1 Million+ and for retainer executive recruiters, search.
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