And it takes a lot more intelligence than those grand old coming-of-age rituals, fighting and killing.

And although Weischer already commands a devout following, the event still had the flavor of a coming-of-age ritual.

And she decided to have the bat mitzvah, the feminine coming-of-age ritual that she had missed the first time around.

They come from every continent, with at least as many coming-of-age rituals.

After a young boy or girl went through the proper "coming-of-age" rituals, or had reached puberty, they were ready to become adults.

Young men blasted out of theirminds on natural and artificial male hormones must have some place to do their idiotic coming-of-age rituals.

The worm-riding ritual is used as a coming-of-age ritual among the Fremen.

Thus, graduation may be also considered a coming-of-age ritual for young Filipinos.

It is -assumed the custom has origins in pre-Columbian cultures, as a coming-of-age ritual for young women.

What we have here is the Ferengi version of a coming-of-age ritual.