define rites of passage
Rite of passage is a celebration of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another.It involves a significant change of status in society.In cultural anthropology the term is the Anglicisation of rite de passage, a French term innovated by the ethnographer, Arnold van Gennep, in his work Les rites de passage, Rites of Passage..n cultural anthropology the term is the Anglicisation of rite de passage, a French term innovated by the ethnographer, Arnold van Gennep, in his work Les rites de passage, Rites of Passage..