SilverTrain
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I was cleaning out my DVR this morning, and erased an episode of the tv show TABOO, which was all about third world public rituals that are rites of manhood passage: African ritual teen circumcision, carving intentional scars into the skins, running with a herd of animals, facing the sting of insects, etc. Reminds me of the scene in FLASH GORDON...
Our culture has some common 'road signs' that are on the way to manhood: getting a drivers' license, graduation from high school, getting plastered on your 21st birthday...
Creatively speaking, what would you invent to be a new type of public ritual to pass from boy to manhood?
I'm not much into public rituals.
But the manhood rituals that I deem important (primarily learned from fathers and other male role models in close proximity):
Learning what it is to be a gentleman.
Developing instinctive chivalry.
Learning to compete with ferocity and dignity and honor.
Learning to take care of one's body, health and appearance.
Learning when to be ruthless and when to be merciful.