Rites of passage
By: Jacqueline Dineen ; illustrated by Robert Ingpen ; consultant: Philip Wilkinson
Contributors: Ingpen, Robert R.; Wilkinson, Philip, 1955-; Ingpen, Robert R.
Series: Peoples and customs of the world; Peoples and customs of the world
Publisher: Dragon's World
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 93
ISBN-13: 9781850283027
Subjects: Manners and customs; Ritual; Juvenile literature; Rites and ceremonies
Description: Customs: Birth - Initiation - Marriage - Death - African - Papua New Guinea - Masai - Aborigines - Japan - India - Jewish - American Indians - Chinese - Buddhist - Hindu - Freemasons - South America - Coronation - Evil eye - Christian weddings - France - Arranged marriages - Dowries - Surma women of Ethiopia - Mourning ; Funeral customs - Etiquette - Baptism - Adoption - Starting school - Graduation - Bar Mitzvah - Secret Societies - Freemasons - Honours - Coronation - Weddings - What to wear - Wedding feast - Dowry - Grief - Afterlife - Mourning clothes - Funerals in war time - Jazz funeral - Remembering the dead - Marking the grave.
Notes: Based on: A celebration of customs & rituals of the world / by Robert Ingpen and Philip Wilkinson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Birth; title: Initiation; title: Marriage; title: Death.