20 12 in may, 46-year-old London photographer Steve David was lucky enough to witness the "death jump" ceremony in Vanuatu, a south Pacific island country, and recorded this thrilling process with his camera. It is reported that tribal residents in Vanuatu hold a "death jump" ceremony every April and May. This crazy tradition is a rite of passage for local young people, who have to dive and jump from a 30-meter-high overhead structure built with wooden sticks and rattan. Elevated on a slope with moderate slope, the only protective measure for jumpers is the rattan tied to their feet, which is very dangerous. Adult Ceremony of South African Youth: Ancient Circumcision Ceremony The Kossa youth in South Africa really entered adulthood after accepting the ancient circumcision ceremony called "ulwaluko". After the operation, they will live in seclusion outside the village in eastern cape. They were wrapped in ceremonial blankets, and their faces were painted with white clay to show their purity. ? About 30 miles west of the Indian Taj Mahal, and a mile away from the town of Pellade Buer in Rajasthan, several 1 8-year-old girls are sitting, standing or wandering in the dusty driveway. Their first night right auction is being held. /kloc-There are 59 families in the temporary shack area where Lai Su, a 0/4-year-old girl, lives, all of whom are Vedians. Prostitution is a long-standing tradition of the Vedian people. For girls born in this ethnic group, becoming a prostitute is a ceremony leading to adulthood. The traditional rite of passage for Masai people in Kenya is called "Eunoto". At this ceremony, young Marseille men were promoted from ordinary soldiers to "advanced soldiers", that is, soldiers with higher status, and they were entitled to marry and have children from then on. Cruel Habit: Indonesian girl circumcision This is an award-winning work by the famous American photographer Stephanie Sinclair in 2008. Female circumcision is a bad habit, but it is still popular in more than 30 countries in the world and has become a top priority in their lives, just like a rite of passage. ? 1 1 adult ceremony of African hamer tribe * * Ethiopian hamar tribe jumps cattle, 12- 15-year-old teenagers have to participate in the bull jumping ceremony to prove their adulthood. They were almost naked, symbolically wrapped in several ropes, and jumped off the cow four times in full view. If you don't jump over, you won't get married, and you may be trampled by angry cows. ? Bungee jumping at the bar mitzvah dam in Switzerland is very popular now, and there is nothing to brag about. But if the bar mitzvah is bungee jumping at the Vierzaska Dam in Switzerland, that's another matter. The dam is 2 19 meters high and is the highest bungee jumping place in the world. Adult men can experience the rite of passage in the dry season from September to June at Victoria Falls, the world's largest waterfall at the junction of Zambia and Zimbabwe. The falling water level in the dry season makes a natural swimming pool around this waterfall, with a height of 1 10 m and a width of 1 mile. It really takes some courage to swim in this "devil's swimming pool". Niger single men's beauty contest shows masculinity. At the Graevo Festival held every year in early September in Niger, single men of the Wodaabe tribe will hold a unique beauty contest. They will spend hours preparing, braiding their hair into braided hair, painting their lips black, and painting their faces with oil to make their teeth and eyes look whiter. They will dance for hours, and they will show their masculinity by smiling at their opponents' attacks at Solo meetings. Japan 1200 girls wear kimonos to attend the adult ceremony 20 12 65438+ 10 9, Tokyo Disneyland, Japan, about 1200 Japanese? Masai's bar mitzvah is the king of hunting jungle. Masai's rite of passage is to hunt the lion, the king of the jungle. At dawn, the future warriors got up quietly, picked up spears and shields and bravely set out from the village. Only a few people were selected to watch the bar mitzvah. It is not easy to hunt under the noses of these people who have been there. Moreover, the Masai tribe is only allowed to hunt young and healthy lions, not to touch lionesses and sick lions. This also makes the adult ceremony of hunting the Amazon River "put on bullet ant gloves". In the Satere Mawe tribe in the Amazon, if you want to be a real man, you must pass the "wearing bullet ant gloves" level. A man who joins the bar mitzvah must wear a pair of gloves with bullet ants. The so-called bullet ant is the pain of being bitten by it, just like being hit by someone, which is 30 times more painful than being bitten by a wasp. Wear gloves for at least 10 minutes at the adult ceremony, and wear them for more than 19 times in the following months or even years. Balinese unmarried men fight for courtship. At Usaba Sambah Festival held in Tenganan, Bali in May and June every year, unmarried men will take a unique way to woo. They don't recite poems or send flowers, but they want to win the attention of their beloved girls through careful war. These young people only wear sarongs and hold round rattan shields, hitting their opponents with thorny forest leaves. South Korea holds adult ceremony for girls. On May 17, 2009, the 37th adult ceremony was held in Kyung Hee Palace, Seoul, South Korea. Ear Shooting Festival of Several Ethnic Groups: The Shared Culture of Samurai Adult Rites In May 2007, Bunong people held an ear shooting festival next to Nanheng Highway in Taitung County. The most important rite of coming of age of Shooting Ear Festival is that the elders guide the family warrior and learn how to use a shotgun, so that he can formally become a brave hunter who crosses the central mountains and shoulders the family's livelihood. There is also an important "meat sacrifice" in the ceremony, which will distribute the hunted meat to everyone, mainly to maintain the "sharing" culture of Bunun people and share their prey together. In addition to traditional festivals, traditional skills competitions are also held.
Mysterious Coming-of-Age Ceremony For Yi girls in Liangshan area, Yi girls will hold a mysterious "dress-changing" ceremony when they grow up, which is called "Salaro" in Yi language, meaning to take off their childhood skirts and put on adult skirts. Before "Shalaro", Yi girls wore red and white children's skirts with braids and pierced ears. After the "dressing-up" ceremony, you should put on a long skirt with a black and blue middle part. The original single braid should be combed into double braids, embroidered hair bands should be worn and earrings should be hung. After the ceremony of "changing skirts", the girls are free to go shopping, catch the show, watch horse races, make friends and fall in love. Maturity of Masai: urine bitten by ants makes soldiers become adults. For Masai people living in the grasslands of East Africa, it is an extremely important step in life to change from "warrior" to "adult". After the grand bar mitzvah ceremony, Marseille warriors can end the task of guarding the tribe, get married and have children, and start a family. The entire Masai warrior bar mitzvah is held every four to five years. Under the gaze of everyone, the warriors lined up at the front of the "holy house" and rushed into the temple built with branches. At this time, two girls sitting on the roof took gourds piled up around the "holy house" and poured cow urine on the samurai in the house. Two other Marseille elders on the roof chopped up the dry soil covered with ants, and countless ants fell on the naked warriors. Only Marseille warriors bitten by ants soaked in urine can become adults. The rite of passage of Jewish teenagers is the symbol of Jewish teenagers' adulthood. In Hebrew, there are special names for forbidden boys and girls: "forbidden son" and "forbidden daughter". Although the Talmud does not specifically mention that children must be consecrated, Jewish families in Israel attach great importance to this.