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Major World Rituals and Rites of Passage - YAML
Rites of passage (life cycle rituals) are ceremonies that socially recognize important transitions in human life. According to Arnold van Gennep's theory, they involve three stages: separation, liminality, and incorporation, celebrating milestones such as birth, coming-of-age, marriage, and death. This dataset systematically organizes major rituals including coming-of-age ceremonies, weddings, funerals, and other significant ceremonies from diverse cultures around the world.
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- code: "001"
slug: "seijin-shiki-japan"
category: "coming-of-age"
name: "Seijin-no-Hi (Japan Coming of Age Ceremony)"
description: "Traditional Japanese ceremony where 20-year-olds pledge their awareness as adults."
region: "Japan"
age: "20"
- code: "002"
slug: "guan-li-china"
category: "coming-of-age"
name: "Guan Li and Ji Li (Chinese Coming of Age)"
description: "Chinese coming-of-age ceremony based on Confucian tradition. Guan Li for men, Ji Li for women."
region: "China"
age: "20（男子）、15（女子）"
- code: "003"
slug: "bar-bat-mitzvah"
category: "coming-of-age"
name: "Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah"
description: "Jewish religious ceremony marking religious adulthood."
region: "Jewish communities worldwide"
age: "13（男子）、12（女子）"
- code: "004"
slug: "quinceanera"
category: "coming-of-age"
name: "Quinceañera"
description: "Traditional Latin American celebration of a girl's 15th birthday."
region: "Latin America, Hispanic communities"
age: "15"
- code: "005"
slug: "maasai-warrior-initiation"
category: "coming-of-age"
name: "Maasai Warrior Initiation"
description: "Rigorous coming-of-age ceremony of the Maasai people in Kenya and Tanzania."
region: "Kenya, Tanzania (Maasai people)"
age: "10-20"
- code: "006"
slug: "bull-jumping-hamar"
category: "coming-of-age"
name: "Hamar Bull Jumping (Ukuli Bula)"
description: "Intense coming-of-age trial of the Hamar people in Ethiopia."
region: "Ethiopia (Hamar people)"
age: "15-20頃"
- code: "007"
slug: "land-diving-vanuatu"
category: "coming-of-age"
name: "Vanuatu Land Diving (Naghol)"
description: "Life-threatening coming-of-age ritual on Pentecost Island, Vanuatu."
region: "Vanuatu (Pentecost Island)"
age: "7-8歳から"
- code: "008"
slug: "vision-quest"
category: "coming-of-age"
name: "Vision Quest"
description: "Sacred coming-of-age ritual of Native Americans."
region: "North America (Various Native American tribes)"
age: "思春期"
- code: "009"
slug: "sunrise-ceremony"
category: "coming-of-age"
name: "Apache Sunrise Ceremony (Na'ii'ees)"
description: "Four-day Apache ceremony celebrating a girl's first menstruation."
region: "USA (Apache people)"
age: "初潮時"
- code: "010"
slug: "debut-philippines"
category: "coming-of-age"
name: "Philippine Debut"
description: "Glamorous Filipino celebration of a woman's 18th birthday."
region: "Philippines"
age: "18"
- code: "011"
slug: "japanese-wedding"
category: "wedding"
name: "Japanese Wedding"
description: "Japanese wedding ceremony with diverse styles including Shinto, Buddhist, and Christian."
region: "Japan"
- code: "012"
slug: "indian-wedding"
category: "wedding"
name: "Indian Wedding"
description: "Hindu wedding featuring colorful ceremonies lasting several days."
region: "India"
- code: "013"
slug: "thai-wedding"
category: "wedding"
name: "Thai Wedding"
description: "Thai wedding blending Buddhist elements with traditional rituals."
region: "Thailand"
- code: "014"
slug: "scottish-wedding"
category: "wedding"
name: "Scottish Wedding"
description: "Scottish wedding featuring kilts, bagpipes, and unique pre-wedding celebrations."
region: "Scotland"
- code: "015"
slug: "german-wedding"
category: "wedding"
name: "German Wedding"
description: "German wedding including symbolic rituals like log cutting."
region: "Germany"
- code: "016"
slug: "japanese-funeral"
category: "funeral"
name: "Japanese Funeral"
description: "Japanese funeral centered on Buddhist rituals including wake, funeral service, and cremation."
region: "Japan"
- code: "017"
slug: "hindu-funeral"
category: "funeral"
name: "Hindu Funeral"
description: "Hindu funeral based on cremation, with scattering ashes in the Ganges as ideal."
region: "India, Nepal, etc."
- code: "018"
slug: "tibetan-sky-burial"
category: "funeral"
name: "Tibetan Sky Burial"
description: "Unique Tibetan Buddhist funeral practice offering bodies to vultures."
region: "Tibet, Tibetan Buddhist regions"
- code: "019"
slug: "madagascar-famadihana"
category: "funeral"
name: "Madagascar Famadihana (Turning of the Bones)"
description: "Unique Malagasy ancestor veneration ritual of unearthing and rewrapping bones."
region: "Madagascar"
- code: "020"
slug: "ghana-fantasy-coffin"
category: "funeral"
name: "Ghana Fantasy Coffin"
description: "Ghanaian funeral featuring coffins shaped like the deceased's profession or hobbies."
region: "Ghana"
- code: "021"
slug: "shichi-go-san"
category: "other"
name: "Shichi-Go-San"
description: "Traditional Japanese ceremony celebrating children's growth at ages 3, 5, and 7."
region: "Japan"
age: "3, 5, 7"
- code: "022"
slug: "irish-wake"
category: "funeral"
name: "Irish Wake"
description: "Cheerful Irish vigil with food and drink beside the body, sharing stories of the deceased."
region: "Ireland"
- code: "023"
slug: "bullet-ant-initiation"
category: "coming-of-age"
name: "Sateré-Mawé Bullet Ant Initiation"
description: "Intense Brazilian initiation wearing gloves filled with bullet ants."
region: "Brazil (Sateré-Mawé people)"
age: "12+"
- code: "024"
slug: "walkabout"
category: "coming-of-age"
name: "Australian Aboriginal Walkabout"
description: "Indigenous coming-of-age ritual learning survival skills in nature."
region: "Australia"
age: "10-16"
- code: "025"
slug: "dipo-ceremony"
category: "coming-of-age"
name: "Krobo Dipo Ceremony"
description: "Female coming-of-age ceremony of the Krobo people in Ghana."
region: "Ghana (Krobo people)"
age: "初潮時"