Sentence examples for initiation rites for from inspiring English sources
He sees parallels between the initiation rites for frontline brokers and soldiers.
Initiation rites for adolescents are the introduction to adult tribal responsibilities.
After a lengthy ordeal of teaching and initiation rites, for instance, a Pende youth appears in a distinctive colourful mask indicative of his new role as an adult.
In a procedure which Kempf describes as super incision, '…the foreskin is severed dorsally in a longitudinal pass of the razorblade' as part of secret initiation rites for male adolescents.
The teenagers, members of the Sigma Kappa Delta fraternity, are 15 to 17 and pleaded guilty to hazing charges stemming from the July initiation rite for a fraternity at Hawthorne High School.
Moreover, we must avoid the complacency of believing that there may be nothing more Australian than intolerance – to believe that copping racism is just part of some initiation rite for any immigrant group.
But he says the nation must avoid the complacency of believing that there may be nothing more Australian than intolerance – "to believe that copping racism is just part of some initiation rite for any immigrant group".
The race discrimination commissioner argues that racism at its core is about an abuse of power, and appeals to Australians not be complacent about racial intolerance being some kind of "initiation rite" for new arrivals.
LOS ANGELES, July 20 (Reuters) - The former president of a disbanded southern California fraternity will not face criminal charges after a student died on a grueling hike during an initiation rite for the group, the Los Angeles Times reported on Monday.
Some Maasai people use a hallucinogenic substance extracted from the iboga plant as the initiation rite for the eunoto, a coming-of-age ceremony that aims to put one in touch with supernatural entities.
Among the Babukusu ethnic group in western Kenya, circumcision is part of the initiation rite for youth aged 8 20, and circumcision may be carried out traditionally or medically by a doctor, clinician or health professional.
