A rite of passage is a ritual that marks a change in a person's social or sexual status.
Rites of passage include:
- The attendant rituals surrounding birth
- circumcision
- Coming of age
- Initiation rites
- Baptism
- Confirmation
- Bar mitzvah
- Walkabout
- Graduation
- Masonic initiation
- Armed forces initiation rites:
- U.S. Marine Crucible
- U.S. Army Victory Forge
- Weddings
- Rites associated with menopause
- Funerals