[Petrson Githaiga, Standard] When Janet Ngotah’s son was born, she wanted him circumcised immediately after birth ... and I agreed to take him to a rite of passage programme.

In a traditional Hindu marriage, the aim is for the couple to grow together and share their joys and sorrows with each other. They will take care of their children and later, share wisdom with ...

The Sacred Thread ceremony is a ceremony for boys in some Hindu communities to confirm they are of an age to take on religious responsibility. Girls are sometimes honoured in the same way, but it ...

Your daughter is wearing bracelets and earrings you don't recognize or buying expensive gifts for friends. Your son's CD collection has suddenly grown. Or worse, you pick up the phone one day to ...

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 ...

birth, coming of age, marriage and death. He works alongside people who are going through these universal experiences, to try and reinvent these rites of passage. Grayson explores how to mark and ...

[Peterson Githaiga, Standard] When Janet Ngotah’s son was born, she wanted him circumcised immediately after birth ... and I agreed to take him to a rite of passage programme.

As I stood waiting for the sun to rise over the Great Rift Valley and the climax of Shadrack’s passage to manhood ... regardless of the sex ticked on a birth certificate.

Helen Castor (She-Wolves: England's Early Queens) examines how the people of the Middle Ages handled three of life's great rites of passage birth, marriage, and death. Why were physicians of no ...