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Coming of age is a time at which young persons legally (or otherwise) become adults. It can be at different ages in different countries. Many cultures have ceremonies to test or mark the coming of age.
The term coming of age is also used in reference to stories, movies, etc. that have a young character or characters who, by the end of the story, have matured in some way, usually through the acceptance of responsibility.
In Australia, New Zealand and numerous other countries, a party known as the Twenty First has long celebrated the coming of age. On their 21st birthdays, young people and their families and friends traditionally gather together for social parties where gifts are presented to the birthday boy or girl. The practice is gradually waning.
Genpuku (元服) in Japan was a celebration that showed a samurai was considered to be an adult. The age of genpuku varied roughly from 12 to 18.
They usually changed their names from their birth names to adult names, changed their hair styles by shaving the forelocks, received their first swords, and began to be treated as adults. They separated from their mothers or governesses, and they became able to take on the dominant role in shudo (male-male love) relationships. Some were even given a territory to protect. No samurai was allowed to marry before genpuku, though they could be engaged. Females did not have genpuku or any equivalent ceremony. On a rare occasion, genpuku was held on someone younger than 12 just to have a marriage.
Alternate Spellings include gembuku, genbuku, gembaku, and genbaku.
In traditional Hispanic cultures there is a tradition very similar to that of the Bat Mitzvah in the Jewish faith. The QuinceañeraThe Quinceanera is a young Latina woman's celebration of her fifteenth birthday, which is celebrated in a specific and different way from her other birthdays. The closest equivalent in the English-speaking world is the Sweet Sixteen. The celebration begin (Fifteenth Birthday) for young Latin women is a rite of passageA rite of passage is a ritual that marks a change in a person's social or sexual status. The term was popularised by the French ethnographer Arnold van Gennep (1873-1957), in the early part of the twentieth century. Further theories were developed in the signifying that she has reached the age of adulthood. The event is marked by a large celebration and a event called the candle lighting ceremony which acts as a more spiritual mark to their achievement. This tradition is based on societal views of youth as well as faith.
Kovave is a ceremony to initiate Papua New Guinea boys into adult society. It involves dressing up in a conical hat which has long strands of leaves hanging from the edge, down to below the waist. The effect is both humourous and frightening. The name Kovave is also used to describe the head-dress.
Within JudaismJudaism is the religion and culture of the Jewish people and the first recorded monotheistic faith. The tenets and history of Judaism constitute the historical foundation of many other religions, including Christianity and Islam. Star of David, a common s there is the well-known ceremony of Bar mitzvahWhen a Jewish child reaches the age of maturity (12 and one day for girls, 13 and one day for boys) that child then becomes responsible for him/herself under Jewish law; at this point a male child is said to become Bar mitzvah ( , "son of the commandment" for a boy when he turns thirteen years old and becomes recognized as a "man". For a girl at twelve years of age she becomes a "woman". In Judaism it is recognised that girls mature slightly ahead of boys. Judaism recognizes that these ages coincide with pubertyPuberty refers to the process of physical changes by which a child's body becomes an adult body capable of reproduction. Growth accelerates in the first half of puberty and reaches completion by the end. Body differences between boys and girls before pube, which in past times made them eligible for marriageJudaism considers marriage to be the ideal state of existence; a man without a wife, or a woman without a husband, are considered incomplete. Ancient customs In traditional Jewish society, from the era of the Talmud up to the enlightenment, social associa.
The coming of age ceremony called a bar mitzvahWhen a Jewish child reaches the age of maturity (12 and one day for girls, 13 and one day for boys) that child then becomes responsible for him/herself under Jewish law; at this point a male child is said to become Bar mitzvah ( , "son of the commandment" ("son of the commandment" in Hebrew) is held on the Saturday ( ShabbatShabbat or Shabbos ( Ashkenazic pronunciation) ( shabb rest), is a day of rest that is observed once a week, on Saturday, by practitioners of Judaism, as well as by many secular Jews. Etymology The Hebrew word Shabbat comes from the Hebrew verb shabat whi) after a Jewish boy's thirteenth birthday. A similar ceremony called a bat mitzvah (or bas mitzvah) is held on the Saturday closest to a Jewish girl's twelfth birthday. However, the female coming of age ceremony is really only practised and recognised mostly by Reform Judaism, Conservative Judaism, (or Liberal Jews), and in Modern Orthodox Judaism.
Haredi Judaism and Hasidic Judaism only celebrate the Bar mitzvah's of boys at thirteen.| Politics | Business | Finance |
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