Rituals and rights of passage

Question 1

What is a ritual?

Answer 1

a religious or solemn ceremony in a series of actions preformed according to a scribbed order

Question 2

Give some examples of rituals

Answer 2

scarification, childbirth in BC, death rituals

Question 3

What are rites of passage?

Answer 3

a ceremony or event marking an important stage in someone’s life. (birth, puberty, marriage, and death).

Question 4

Three stage process in Rites of passage?

Answer 4

Seperation, isolation and return

Question 5

Apache intiaion rites

Answer 5

puberty rite of passage

before has a shaman consult girls.
Tp is built.
during- Dancing for all night, stone face, traditional clothing,
After- Clay, pollen on faces, tp falls

Question 6

Amish intiation rites

Answer 6

rumspringa
seperation- leaves home to join modern society for a time (usually 2 years)
isolation- being in the sopciety and having no complete contact other than letters
return-m when they choose the return home and be baptise into the religion and fully join their community

85-90% return

Question 7

what are some similiarities cultures universally?

Answer 7

majority of societies recognize adolescence as a distinct stage of development
usually starts at or around puberty;

is a relatively brief stage of life—commonly ending for males by age 18 and females by 16;

almost always ends with marriage;

is sometimes (in 25% of societies) followed by a “youth” stage before adulthood.

Question 7

Who is margaret meed? who did she study?

Answer 7

she was a cultural anthropologist who studied adolencesents in different cultures.