Home›Lifecycle Rituals›Practice Status›Living tradition, practised todayBrowse ByLiving tradition, practised todayThis page groups rituals by whether they are still actively performed today. Wikipedia notes that "rituals appeal to tradition and are generally continued to repeat historical precedent, religious rite, mores, or ceremony accurately." Browsing this way lets a visitor tell a living rite apart from one preserved only in historical description.FactsLearn MoreLiving tradition, practised todaySourcesComments (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.Living tradition, practised todayFilter Results25 entriesAddressed ToAllWhite Buffalo Calf Woman (1)Origin Period Start YearAll-1000 (1)-800 (2)-500 (2)50 (1)150 (1)200 (1)600 (1)622 (1)1100 (1)1550 (1)1600 (1)1900 (1)Attested InAllHadith (1)Torah (2)FrequencyAllAs the occasion requires (2)Once, or at a turning point in a life (23)Closed Practice StatusAllPartly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (2)Life Stage MarkedAllA milestone of childhood (3)Birth and the newborn (1)Coming of age (9)Entry into the community or the order (2)Marriage (6)Naming of a child (3)Ordination, profession or vows (1)ObligationAllObligatory (6)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (1)Optional and voluntary (5)Recommended and meritorious, not required (4)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (25)Social FormAllPerformed by a gathered group (17)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (4)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (1)Clergy or ordained officiants (4)Householders, those living in the world (6)Lay people (3)Officiant Led (3)The candidate undergoing the rite (2)Trained or authorised specialists (5)Women only (1)Native To RegionAllAncient Israel (2)Ancient Rome (1)Arabia (1)Byzantine Empire (1)Eastern Europe (1)Indian Subcontinent (3)Japan (2)TraditionAllAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church (1)African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (1)Anglican Communion (4)Anglicanism (4)Armenian Apostolic Church (3)Assyrian Church of the East (1)Breslov Hasidism (5)Calvinism (Reformed) (1)Chabad-Lubavitch (5)Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (1)Church of Cyprus (4)Church of England (4)Church of Greece (4)Church of Ireland (4)Church of Scotland (1)Church of Sweden (2)Church of the Nazarene (1)Conservative Judaism (1)Coptic Orthodoxy (3)Dutch Reformed Church (1)Eastern Orthodoxy (4)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (4)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (3)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (3)Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (2)Free Methodist Church (1)Georgian Orthodox Church (4)Global Methodist Church (1)Greek Orthodox Church (4)Haredi Judaism (5)Hasidic Judaism (4)Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) (1)Lutheranism (2)Maronite Church (1)Methodism (1)Modern Orthodox Judaism (5)Moravian Church (1)Old Believers (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (3)Orthodox Judaism (5)Presbyterianism (1)Reform Judaism (2)Roman Catholicism (4)Romanian Orthodox Church (4)Russian Orthodox Church (4)Saint Thomas Christians (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (4)The Episcopal Church (4)The United Methodist Church (1)Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (1)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (4)Wesleyan Church (1)Originated InAllAncient Israel (2)Ancient Rome (1)Arabia (1)Byzantine Empire (1)Eastern Europe (1)India (1)Indian Subcontinent (3)Japan (2)Originates In LanguageAllSanskrit (4)Kind of ritualAllBirth and Naming Rites (6)Coming-of-Age and Initiation Rites (7)Marriage Rites (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 25Anointing of the SickLiving tradition, practised todayBaci CeremonyLiving tradition, practised todayBedekenLiving tradition, practised todayBragoroLiving tradition, practised todayChisunguLiving tradition, practised todayChudakaranaLiving tradition, practised todayChuppahLiving tradition, practised todayChurching of WomenLiving tradition, practised todayDipoLiving tradition, practised todayEland Bull DanceLiving tradition, practised todayImbaluLiving tradition, practised todayInfant Baptism and ChristeningLiving tradition, practised todayIsnati Awicalowanpi (Lakota Buffalo Ceremony)Living tradition, practised todayKinaaldaLiving tradition, practised todayMonastic VowsLiving tradition, practised todayNaming and Blessing of ChildrenLiving tradition, practised todayNaming CeremonyLiving tradition, practised todayRitushuddhiLiving tradition, practised todaySheva BrachotLiving tradition, practised todayShichi-Go-SanLiving tradition, practised todayShinzen KekkonLiving tradition, practised todayUpanayanaLiving tradition, practised todayUpsherinLiving tradition, practised todayVivahaLiving tradition, practised todayWalimaLiving tradition, practised todaySources1. 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.