27 Virtual Field Trip: Coming of Age Ceremonies

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Virtual Field Trip: Coming of Age Ceremonies

How did you know when you were an ‘adult?’ Does your culture have a way to mark the transition from being a child . . . to being an adult with adult responsibilities?

Explore this great overview of coming of age ceremonies in cultures around the world 13 Amazing Coming of Age Ceremonies Around the World as the transition from childhood to adulthood is marked and celebrated as a community.

Then, choose one of the two ceremonies below for your Field Trip, to explore a coming of age ceremony more deeply!map showing locations of Apache people across Arizona and New Mexico The scars designed to look like crocodile skin on a tribesman's back The scars designed to look like crocodile skin on a tribesman's back


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Choose ONE of these two topics.

Use the suggested links below to explore your topic more deeply or select your own scholarly resources:

Apache Nai’es Ceremony (Woman’s Coming of Age Ceremony)

Kaningara Skin Cutting Ritual (Man’s Coming of Age Ceremony)

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