Examples Of Rites Of Passage

Everyone has had some form of rite of passage experience, since, a rite of passage is the link towards a person's new stage in life, for example; adolescence to adulthood. Rites of passage is, " ceremonies such as christenings, puberty rituals, marriages, and funerals, which we hold whenever a member of society undergoes an important change in status within the lifecycle of the group" (Crapo, 2013, Ch. 6, Sec. 6.4). Ceremonies such as coming of age, marriages, and birth of a child are all universal rites of passages. Although, these ceremonies are a worldwide phenomenon, they are all celebrated in different ways, many of these celebrations are extravagant, while others are very simple. Among them are Japanese and Apache cultures who's history
But, Apache Indians originated from Alaska, Canada, and some area in Southwest in America. "The Apache belongs to the Athapascan family, the most widely scattered of all North American Indian linguistic families" (Lockwood, 1938). Apaches are known for being nomadic, in other words, the Apaches never settled in one place for very long. In the 1700s , the Apaches migrated to Kansas. Kansas provided the Apache with new terrains, which were the Kansas plains. Because the Apache were not accustom to this new surrounding they had to learn how to farm. They survived with a small portion of crops, such as, watermelon, beans, as well as corn. The Apache Indians just like the Japanese culture were in many wars, one of their first was with Comanche tribe of which they lost. After this war, the Apache were forced to move to other areas, like Arizona and New Mexico. Later on around 1730, a devastating war between the Spaniards and the Apache occurred. This was not the last war that the Apache would be involved in, this led to just there being only a few thousand Apache Indians recorded being in New