Home›Lifecycle Rituals›Life Stage Marked›A milestone of childhoodBrowse ByA milestone of childhoodThis page groups rituals by the point in a person's life they mark. Wikipedia defines a rite of passage as "a ritual event that marks a person's transition from one status to another, including adoption, baptism, coming of age, graduation, inauguration, engagement, and marriage." Browsing this way lets a visitor find every ritual tied to one particular life stage, across many traditions at once.FactsLearn MoreA milestone of childhoodSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOriginsWhose Classification This IsWell-attestedThe category is van Gennep's: Les rites de passage (1909) proposed that such rites everywhere follow a three-stage pattern of separation, liminality and incorporation, and Victor Turner's 1969 work on liminality made the middle stage the centre of the frame. It is a scholars' scheme, not a traditions' one. 2OverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites marking a passage in an individual life - birth and naming, coming of age, marriage, ordination, death. Nearly every tradition marks some of these, but not the same set, and which passages are marked by religious rite rather than by civil custom differs by tradition and by period. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2Learn MoreThe lifecycle rituals This group gathers lifecycle rituals, the rites that mark the great transitions of a human life: birth and naming, coming of age, marriage, and other passages by which a person moves from one status to the next. Such rites of passage are found in every religious tradition and are among the most universal features of religious life. The browser will find lifecycle rituals from across the world's traditions. The entries describe each rite's form, meaning and setting, noting the tradition to which it belongs and the transition it marks.A milestone of childhoodFilter Results5 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-2000 (1)-800 (2)1550 (1)1600 (1)Attested InAllHadith (1)Torah (1)FrequencyAllOnce, or at a turning point in a life (5)ObligationAllObligatory (2)Optional and voluntary (2)Recommended and meritorious, not required (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (5)Social FormAllPerformed by a gathered group (4)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (4)PractitionerAllHouseholders, those living in the world (3)Lay people (1)Trained or authorised specialists (1)Native To RegionAllArabia (1)Indian Subcontinent (2)Japan (1)TraditionAllBreslov Hasidism (1)Chabad-Lubavitch (1)Haredi Judaism (1)Modern Orthodox Judaism (1)Orthodox Judaism (1)Originated InAllArabia (1)Indian Subcontinent (2)Japan (1)Originates In LanguageAllSanskrit (2)Yiddish (1)Kind of ritualAllBirth and Naming Rites (3)Coming-of-Age and Initiation Rites (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 5AnnaprashanaA milestone of childhoodChudakaranaA milestone of childhoodKhitanA milestone of childhoodShichi-Go-SanA milestone of childhoodUpsherinA milestone of childhoodSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensionstier 1Catherine Bell, Oxford University Press, 1997Basic Genres of Ritual ActionView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.