Talk:Coming of age
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In Hispanic culture "La Quinceañera" (The fifteen-year-old one) is the joung girl who turns fifteen, not the celebration itself.Hobbit 16:49, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
gembuku, genbuku, gembaku, and genbaku: I've never seen "fuku" pronounced "baku" (or "haku"); is there confusion with "atomic bomb"?
I've never heard the first two, but they're more plausible.
Move "gembuku" to here?
Somehow, I don't think that the description of the genpuku ceremony is very accurate... Idekii 06:32, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
If this page is going to talk about examples from a variety of cultures (which is an excellent idea), then it needs information from a wider variety of backgrounds (which I am not even remotely qualified to add). It's already showing great promise! Aranel 17:40, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)
as practiced in the past by all societies - is it true that all socities in the past have had coming-of-age rituals? I find it hard to believe that modern civilization is truely unique in that aspect. Surely there must be some ancient cultures that had no formal rituals?
[edit] The differents coming of ages in countries
In some countries, when you come of age (become adult) you must reach a certain age e.g. UK - 18 and the USA 21 (I am unsure about this). I think if this is researched into a lot more, this would prove interesting to read.
The the United Kingdom as well as the United States, when you turn 18 you are legally considered an "adult," independant from your parents or guardians. This is somewhat different from technically "coming of age," as you are only considered an adult "in the eyes of the law." Many people have varying degrees of actual independance from their parents before or after turning 18. For instance, many people live with their parents or depend on their parents for money long after turning 18, while others are independant in every way but legally long before turning 18. In America, the only thing related to "coming of age" and turning 21 is that at the age of 21 you can legally by alcoholic beverges. Scheater5 00:12, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Need a new Islam section
We need to have a new Islam section. I removed the existing one because it appears to be copyrighted. The url of the webpage that is the most likely origin (it appears on multiple sites) is in the edit summary. The text was added in this edit. Someone could also try to get the content released under the GFDL. -- Kjkolb 08:51, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
