The Cultural and Societal Role of MakolwaneMakolwane ... in their communities and to impart important life skills. The rites of passage promote a feeling of collective identity while introducing ...

Marriage remains one of the most culturally significant rites of passage for Nigerian women — often considered the ultimate ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Some of the elders who attended the rite of passage ceremony at Mbale Municipality Grounds ...

During these three interrelated rites of passage, a group or age-set of Maasai boys pass together from being children to being morans (warriors), then adults and then elders. Enkipaata is a ...

As I stood waiting for the sun to rise over the Great Rift Valley and the climax of Shadrack’s passage to manhood ... Shadrack was entering manhood in a culture in which the roles of men ...

These are more a matter of Punjabi culture than of specifically religious practice. Sikhism considers marriage to be a way for the individual to gain fulfilment, also as a way to serve God and the ...

For generations, debutante balls have marked a young woman's formal entrance into society, but in Detroit, that tradition has evolved into something much more meaningful.

Over 250 educators, students, and families gathered for the 36th annual Sankofa Conference to celebrate Black history and ...

An exciting journey of culture and history awaits visitors to Catalonia. I happened to be looking up when they flew overhead, a flock of white storks heading south along the Costa Brava in ...

The UNESCO committee noted that traditional sake-making is considered a sacred gift from the gods, is essential for festivals, weddings, rites of passage, and social and cultural occasions ...