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4 days ago · Sikh Rahit Marayada, the manual that specifies the duties of Sikhs, names four rituals that qualify as rites of passage. The first is a birth and naming ceremony, held in a gurdwara when the mother is able to rise and bathe after giving birth.
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1 day ago · Each Veda has been subclassified into four major text types – the Samhitas (mantras and benedictions), the Aranyakas (text on rituals, ceremonies such as newborn baby's rites of passage, coming of age, marriages, retirement and cremation, sacrifices and symbolic sacrifices), the Brahmanas (commentaries on rituals, ceremonies and sacrifices), and the Upanishads (text discussing meditation ...
2 days ago · The ancient model also incorporated three crucial passage rites, marking key transitions in a disciple's journey: While evangelical churches often utilize baptism to mark conversion, the broader concept of passage rites has largely fallen by the wayside. Yet, these rituals hold immense value.
2 days ago · Rites of passage – the older version. Remember when we were teenagers and we looked forward to turning 18 or 21? We looked forward to being able to drive a car and legally drink. We might have even had a big bash 21st birthday party with a symbolic cardboard key to the door handed to us. Oh, so long ago.
4 days ago · Hindu festivals are combinations of religious ceremonies, semi-ritual spectacles, worship, prayer, lustrations, processions, music and dances, eating, drinking, lovemaking, licentiousness, feeding the poor, and other activities of a religious or traditional character.
3 days ago · In this episode, Mike, Helena, and Expert-in-residence, Dr. Jillian Pintye, PhD, nurse scientist and epidemiologist, discuss the Rituals and Rites of Passage we experience as children and adults across different times of life and cultures.