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rites of passage (French: rites de passage) are a set of symbolic ceremonies that regulate, sanctify, and socially validate an individual’s or group’s transition from one social condition to another, from one status to another, or from one space to another. These rituals mark the biological and social turning points in human life. The individual life cycle typically consists of fundamental stages such as birth, maturation (entry into or transition to adulthood), marriage, and death, each accompa

Liminality; a term used across multiple disciplines including anthropology, sociology, literature, and translation studies, to describe the state of ambiguity, uncertainty, and in-betweenness experienced by individuals, groups, or societies during transitions from one condition or social position to another.【1】 The concept originates from the work of French ethnographer Arnold van Gennep, Rites de Passage, and was expanded by British cultural anthropologist Victor Turner; it represents an unstab