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It's your rite
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Nora Coon,Susan Gross |
Teenage girls from a variety of social classes and ethnic and religious backgrounds describe ceremonies and events that marked their passage from childhood to adulthood. Includes advice for planning … |
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Initiation customs
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Katherine Prior |
Discusses the ceremonies of six major religions through which young people become adult members of these faiths. |
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Coming of age
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Lisa Sita |
Describes initiation rites and coming of age ceremonies of various cultural groups from around the world including the Yanomani, Hindu, Jewish, Puerto Rican, and Apache Indians. |
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Kumukanda
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Kayo Chingonyi |
52 pages ; 22 cm |
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Coming of age
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Sarah Levette |
Looks at the ways in which six major religions celebrate the moment in a young person's life when they cease to be a child and become an adult. Suggested level: primary, intermediate. |
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The cool knife
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T. O. Beidelman |
"In The Cool Knife, T. O. Beidelman analyzes in rich detail the ritual, imagery, and symbolism of Kaguru initiations, relating them to other Kaguru ceremonies as well as to more routine daily activit… |
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Size 14 Is Not Fat Either
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Meg Cabot |
Former pop star Heather Wells has settled nicely into her new life as assistant dorm director at New York College—a career that does not require her to drape her size 12 body in embarrassingly skimpy… |
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Spectacular display
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Annemieke van Damme |
"This book accompanies an exhibition at the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington. This is the first exhibition devoted exclusively to decorated wall panels, sculpture a… |
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The divine economy of salvation
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Priscila Uppal |
"When Sister Angela receives an anonymous package containing an ornate silver candlestick, an object she hasn't seen in twenty-five years, her safe and simple life begins to unravel. Suddenly she mus… |
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