Black men from the greater Washington area teach boys how to tie a Windsor Knot in a unique rite of passage program at Andrew ...

Boys growing into men face challenges unique to this moment, but some things never change.

As young men and women return from their initiation schools (makolwane) after completing their rites of passage during December, the community of Sebokeng, which is part of the Vaal Triangle ...

Young ethnic Shan boys wearing shimmering dresses and colourful floral headpieces take part in a traditional rite of passage ceremony to be initiated as novice Buddhist monks at the Wat Ku Tao ...

A novitiation, or “Shinbyu,” ceremony is mostly held in March ... the ordination is seen as a rite of passage. In addition to learning the basic tenants of their faith, it serves as a sort ...

When Ananth Udupa was 7 and growing up in Phoenix, he underwent a Hindu rite of passage for boys of higher castes called an Upanayana. The ceremony, which goes back millennia, in some ways ...

More than 35 years after reunification, many eastern states in Germany still celebrate this GDR-era coming of age tradition.

A novitiation, or “Shinbyu,” ceremony is mostly held in March ... the ordination is seen as a rite of passage. In addition to learning the basic tenants of their faith, it serves as a sort ...