Home›Lifecycle Rituals›Practitioner›Lay peopleBrowse ByLay peopleThis page groups rituals by who is qualified to perform them. Wikipedia notes that "healing rites performed by shamans frequently identify social disorder as the cause, and make the restoration of social relationships the cure." Browsing by practitioner lets a visitor find every ritual entrusted to one particular kind of specialist.FactsLearn MoreLay peopleSourcesComments (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.Lay peopleFilter Results8 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-1000 (1)200 (1)610 (2)622 (1)1100 (1)1500 (1)1600 (1)Attested InAllHadith (2)Torah (1)FrequencyAllOnce, or at a turning point in a life (8)Closed Practice StatusAllClosed ceremonial knowledge, described but not reproduced (1)Life Stage MarkedAllA milestone of childhood (1)Birth and the newborn (2)Marriage (5)ObligationAllObligatory (2)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (1)Optional and voluntary (2)Recommended and meritorious, not required (3)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (8)Social FormAllPerformed alone (1)Performed by a gathered group (7)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (3)Native To RegionAllAncient Israel (1)Arabia (3)Eastern Europe (2)Japan (1)Punjab (1)TraditionAllBreslov Hasidism (3)Chabad-Lubavitch (3)Haredi Judaism (3)Hasidic Judaism (3)Modern Orthodox Judaism (3)Orthodox Judaism (3)Shia (Twelver) (1)Originated InAllAncient Israel (1)Arabia (3)Eastern Europe (2)Japan (1)Punjab (1)Originates In LanguageAllClassical Arabic (1)Kind of ritualAllBirth and Naming Rites (2)Coming-of-Age and Initiation Rites (1)Marriage Rites (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 8Anand KarajLay peopleAqeeqahLay peopleBedekenLay peopleNikahLay peoplePidyon HabenLay peopleShichi-Go-SanLay peopleWalimaLay peopleYichudLay peopleSources1. 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.