Rites of passage

Changing one’s role within the group

Algonquin IndiansDrugs to make the new men forget their childhood

Men of VanuatuThey would build huge towers, and dive towards earth with vines used for bungee

cords

Bar/Bat MitzvahComing of age for Jewish children

RumspringaWhen Amish youth leave the community to experience the world, and then decide

whether to stay with the Amish life or to leave.

SpartansAt age 18, boys had to murder a slave without being caught

USATurning 16 & Graduation