Comparing this rite of passage with a Bat Mitzvah, these cultures are completely different as they are of contrasting religions: Hinduism and Judaism. The main difference is that in a Samathiya Veedu it is a coming of age ceremony for young Sri Lankan Tamil girls when they begin menstruating (Cowley-Sathiakumar 2018). However, a girl becomes a Bat Mitzvah at thirteen in liberal American Judaism, or at twelve in Orthodox Judaism (Munro 2016). The Samathiya Veedu commences at the start of a young girl’s menarche, where the Bat Mitzvah starts on a girl’s birthday. In Judaism, age is the critical element of bar mitzvah, not the ceremonial event upon the stage. Thirteen was a sacred number among Jewish people in ancient times, and even though there …show more content…
There are no discussion or speeches in typical Samathiya Veedus. Regarding the rites of passage, they are similar as there are both coming of age events for young girls in the same age demographic. Another similarity is that Bat mitzvah services are led by the rabbi and the student and sometimes and members of the bar and bat mitzvah cohort participate in the Torah service. This is similar to a Samathiya Veedu, as the ceremony is led by a Hindu priest. A Bat mitzvah is a status change that occurs when a child turns thirteen. The meanings behind this event include public affirmation of Jewish identity; a successful accomplishment of a difficult Jewish task; and a celebration of the child the accomplishments or the new status. Of these, the celebration is the only one bound to the ritual moment (Munro 2016). For the Samathiya Veedu, this ceremony marks the beginning of menstruation and the traditional transition to womanhood, which is also the start of new chapter, similarly to the Bat Mitzvah (Cowley-Sathiakumar 201, 152).
Samathiya Veedus are also considered not only a celebration of womanhood, but also an opportunity to demonstrate wealth and prosperity to the rest of the community (Cowley-Sathiakumar 2018, 152). Historically, the ceremony demonstrated to the village
*The Babylonian man took seven days to build his boat while Noah took 120 years. Why would such a numerology rich people use such a non-numerology number as 120 when seven was already in the story?
So what it is Bar Mitzvah? According to The Oxford English Dictionary Bar Mitzvah is “the initiation ceremony of a Jewish boy who has reached the age of 13 and is regarded as ready to observe religious precepts and eligible to take part in public worship”. Of course this is a very vague explanation in terms of getting to the bottom of this ceremony’s significance. What is crucially important about both Bar and Bat Mitzvah is that this ceremony is absolutely essential for every Jewish person actually practicing the religion. As it was mentioned before, this ceremony is some sort of emancipation for Jewish children. Consequently, the way the ceremony was conducted has a very important meaning in the life of a child and his or her parents. Prior to Bar Mitzvah his parents were supposed to take under control their child’s cultural development. Every kid, by the age of 13 (or 12, which is the full-age for girls) supposed to ...
this celebration. She has to pick a partner which is known as an escort, along
There are a number of activities that take place during the ceremony and each part has its own purpose and significance. As a whole, the procession takes place over a course of four days and within a decent amount of time of the first menstruation. However, in the event of the child being away at boarding school they will go home immediately or if this is not an option then the ceremony must be postponed. The ordering of events take place over the course of the four days directly relate to the myth of the origins of Kinaalda. For instance, in Marie Shirley’s Kinaalda the order and the events that take place resemble closely the events that took place during the mythical origin story. For Shirley’s own ceremony the events that take place include: hair-combing, dressing, molding, race one and race two, nighttime activities, and several others. To prepare for the events that will take place, the people involved do things such as shelling corn and cleaning the hogan. On the first day of the ceremony the girls involved have their hair combed to make the girl resemble Changing Woman and are dressed in their ceremonial clothing, which include adornments of silver and turquoise. When wearing the jewelry some feel that this is a testament of her future. If she wears large amounts of jewels then this will mean she will have a rich life full of success. Usually after the dressing is the lifting of the people. This is something that Changing Woman did during her own ceremony, as a way to thank the people for their gifts (Wheelwright, 1942). They are then to lay on their stomach to begin the process of the molding; this relates to the first girl’s kinaalda myth in which “she was molded and pressed so she would have a good figure” (T...
This event is celebrated differently by many diverse cultures, and as time goes by, some of the traditions change. Even though the traditions may alter, the whole point of this eventful activity stays the same. The point of this event is to recognize the young lady’s transition from childhood to womanhood. This is also known as “the coming of age.” On this one day, it’s all about the girl, nothing else matters!
The mask’s purpose to teach young girls about proper womanhood. While worn in ceremony, the girls learn through observing the mask wearer dancing and taking in the stories, types of dances, proper way to care for their families, and providing for their family like
It is the celebration of life that is done symbolically using a chalice and Athame. It is part of the Beltane rituals. Symbolic version creation in the union of the maiden Goddess with her loving God. Beltane is a celebration of sexuality, purification and fertility. The planting of crops is finished, and many crops have grown to seedlings. Bees are very active pollinating flowers, and many creatures are in the height of their mating season. I would not use this in my practice this is not something that is something I want to do. I would light the fires and have the joy of the rituals without taking off my clothes I do not plan on joining a coven and they do not all use it as a sexual thing anyway. It is misunderstood by many people in many ways it is not just a sexual ritual between a man and an women it is also between the chalice and the athame. On the eve of Beltane all fires were extinguished and relit with embers from the Beltane fire. The fires celebrated the return of life and fruitfulness to the earth and would protect, heal and purify anything or one that passed by or jumped over. That it is an actual sexual act performed by the Priest and Priestess of a coven after a ritual. But this is not the case in all ritual in most cases it is between a chalice and a athame. You have to have a sexual doing in these rituals and in fact, it is only in some covens that do this and hardly done anymore.
The Bar Mitzvah will be called up for a special Aliyah which involves reciting the blessing both before and after the reading of the Torah and will normally also read from the Torah itself. In addition to this the boy will also chant the Haftarah, the blessings and reading from a passage of the Prophetic writings . In addition to this, the Bar Mitzvah is presented with a tallit as a sign of distinction. The strands and knots at each corner represent the Torah’s 613 regulations. He also receives a prayer book. The Aliyah and receiving of items is considered to be the most important part of the
In this case, the woman goes as she starts a new life with her fiancé. Before the wedding, the man goes to the synagogue and they throw nuts. and sweets at him to symbolize sweet life with his bride-to-be. Both the man and woman fast on the day of the wedding, like at Yom. Kippur, for forgiveness and the start of a new life.
This cultural event also had a religious meaning and ceremony that went along with it. Like traditional ways, the birthday girl has to attend a special Mass that includes her close friends a...
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As a young girl or young man becomes pubescent, many discussions begin to decide what is the best match. The spouse selection will be done within the same caste. Women marry on average between 18 and 26 years while men marry between 25 and 30. However families from puberty decide marriages. Girls may have a future husband chosen from 8 years. The girl remains in his family until the wedding date is fixed by agreement between the two parties.
At birth all baby boys must be circumcised on the eighth day. As for the baby girls there is a blessing at the synagogue. After these ceremonies they have a feast of the fulfillment of a commandment. When the child reaches the age of thirteen, they have a ceremony called, a bar mitzvah for the boys and a bat mitzvah for the girls. The meaning behind the bar mitzvah and the bat mitzvah is to welcome the child into adulthood. Marriage is an important part of Jewish life. A wedding can take place on any day other than the Sabbath. There is a marriage contract that is read out, and the rabbi recites seven marriage blessings. At the end of the ceremony the groom breaks a wineglass under his foot. When Jewish people die their body must be buried within twenty-four hours of death, in Jewish consecrated ground. The body is washed, anointed with spices and wrapped in a white sheet. (Religions of the World
The Hindu priest who is likely to carry out the ceremony decides the date of the wedding, using the Hindu's religious calendar. The 'Henna' Ceremony must be carried out a few days before the actual wedding day. Usually the young female members on the bride's side of the family gather together to decorate their hands and sometimes their feet with beautiful patterns, with henna paste that colours the skin. This could be described as an Indian 'hen night'. The atmosphere at Anika's ceremony was joyful, cheerful and jubilant, there was plenty of nattering and laughing.
Additionally, there is more to a puberty ceremony than just changing into an adult, because there is much that goes on in the four day ceremony. It is in our tradition that the meaning of this ceremony is similar to the change from adolescence to an adult. I interview Gj Gordy from the Good Shepard Mission in Fort Defiance, Arizona. She stated that, “Yes. There is a lot that goes in the kinaalda, there is no time to rest or be lazy. You always have to do something or prepare things for the next event because for the four days it is all about you so, if you mess up then you mess up your ceremony. That is why we have to get everything perfect and right so in life we won’t mess up and we’ll get it right the first time around” (Gordy. Interview). Many ceremonies events are all different for each girl. Some families have different evens that they want their child to do but, mostly all follow the same even. For example the first day the girl will get her hair combed, dress in nice clothing and jewelry, be molded if it’s her second ceremony, run in the morning and evening, start to grind corn and start to prepare for her alkaad (ceremony cake). The second day consist of running, corn grinding and continue her preparations. The third