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In March, Arlai and my in-laws organized a big commemoration ceremony for my late father-in-law. Find some impressions at http://www.thailandfriends.com/group...202&do=discuss
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A rite of passage is a ritual that marks a change in a person's social or sexual status. For a female, one of the most powerful is when she reaches pubity and starts her menstruation cycles. But, for boys, this is never quite as clear. In many culture's and religions around the world, there are clear rites of passage from boyhood to manhood. Some of these include the Jewish Bar Mitzvah, The Samui's Genpuku (or Kakan) ceremony, the Christian Confirmation, the Hindu 'Samskaram' and the scarification ceremonies in cultures in Africa and New Guinea. Some of these rituals have been going for thousands of years. Once a boy goes through the ceremony, they not only become a man in their own hearts, they are also clearly recognised as men (or even heroes) by the whole of their society. But, it has also been debated that, in the West, the rituals which once marked the journey to manhood are slowly dying out. For many boys, they never seem to become men, nor are they recognised as men by society. In a well-known quote from the introduction to 'The Hero with a Thousand Faces', Campbell wrote: ?A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man." Have we stopped creating 'manhood' and 'heroes' in the West? What is the definition or a 'Man' in the West? Who are the 'real Men' or 'Heroes' now?