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A choreographed promise that turns ordinary humans into something the tribe agrees is changed.
latin rootFrom ritus, meaning custom or proper way
not rightHomophone of right, but legally unrelated
rites of passageTerm coined by anthropologist Arnold van Gennep, 1909
three phasesSeparation, transition, then reincorporation into society
last ritesCatholic ritual for those near death