The Walkabout is a rite of passage ritual held in Australia. In this ritual, the Australian Aborigines will send thirteen year old boys to live in the wild for six months. The goal is to make them mature enough to survive by themselves. The teenagers have to trace paths that their ancestors took. This ritual is a reflection of how 50,000 years ago their ancestors survived in different environments in Australia.
This most frequent ritual also consists of activities including boys that go on walks across the desert to find their spirituality. They walk a total distance of about 1000 miles, without any help from others. The walker must survive with only power of spirit to guide him. If he successfully survives he will become a man. This ritual is a vital part of the aborigines customs.
The goal of a walkabout is to enlighten and heal the walker as he wanders alone across the Australian Outback. The move from boyhood to manhood, from carefree child to man of responsibility and a deeply spiritual awakening and self awareness that happens with solitude, aloneness, exercising survival and instincts, personal growth and other aspects that are fundamental to Walkabout and other rites of passage in various tribes around the globe. The time is decided on by specific members in the language group. This is often called one's right to passage. …show more content…
It is a community and family celebration full of tradition and meaning when a young girl is symbolically escorted into womanhood by her family and the event is witnessed by not only family, but a community. The origins of the Quinceañera are often attributed to the ancient customs of the Aztecs, The Spanish conquered the Aztecs in 1521 and both religious traditions came together. For women, the age of fifteen became a time of decision. Girls had the choice to either devote their life to church or to
This most frequent ritual also consists of activities including boys that go on walks across the desert to find their spirituality. They walk a total distance of about 1000 miles, without any help from others. The walker must survive with only power of spirit to guide him. If he successfully survives he will become a man. This ritual is a vital part of the aborigines customs.
The goal of a walkabout is to enlighten and heal the walker as he wanders alone across the Australian Outback. The move from boyhood to manhood, from carefree child to man of responsibility and a deeply spiritual awakening and self awareness that happens with solitude, aloneness, exercising survival and instincts, personal growth and other aspects that are fundamental to Walkabout and other rites of passage in various tribes around the globe. The time is decided on by specific members in the language group. This is often called one's right to passage. …show more content…
It is a community and family celebration full of tradition and meaning when a young girl is symbolically escorted into womanhood by her family and the event is witnessed by not only family, but a community. The origins of the Quinceañera are often attributed to the ancient customs of the Aztecs, The Spanish conquered the Aztecs in 1521 and both religious traditions came together. For women, the age of fifteen became a time of decision. Girls had the choice to either devote their life to church or to