Growing into a man means different things throughout the world and we bring you a list of the most brutal/ painful rites of passage In order for the boys of the Unambal tribe to be called real men, ...

This ritual, which is a symbol of a young boy’s rite of passage to manhood, starts when a boy is between the ages of 6 to 10 and comprises six stages. The Sambia Tribe in Papua New Guinea have ...

Ethnographers tell us that, in tribal societies, initiations into manhood are much more common than initiations into womanhood. The transition from girlhood to womanhood is seen as an inevitable ...