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Rite of Passage
a ceremony or ritual of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another (boy to man, girl to woman. It involves a significant change of status in society.
T/F: The average American / Canadian length of engagement is 18 months
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Monogamy
a relationship between just two people; the most common form of marriage.
Define Family
two or more people related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
Exogamy
rule dictating that one must marry outside his/her kin group.
Blended Family
The merging of two households when at least one of which consists of a parent and child.
Define Marriage
A cultural institution joining two or more persons into a socially recognized, long-term relationship for personal, sexual, childbearing, political, and/or economic purposes.
Marriage does not assume co-habitation (living together).
Polygamy
when a person has more than one spouse at a time; two forms of polygamy
Nuclear Family
A couple along with the child or children they raise jointly ;
Endogamy
dictates that a person must marry within his/her certain group
Bat mitzvah
a religious initiation ceremony for a Jewish girl aged twelve years and one day
Polygyny
one man has many wives.
Dowry
payments made to the groom’s family before marriage.
Extended Family
Three or more generations sharing a household.
define death
The cause or occasion of loss of life
The action or fact of dying or being killed
The end of the life of a person or organism
The destruction or permanent end of something
The permanent ending of vital processes in a cell or tissue.
Bar mitzvah
religious 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
Polyandry
One woman has many husbands; rare!
Define arranged marriages
happen when a third party (not bride or groom) becomes involved in choosing the spouse of another person.
Matrifocal Family
A mother raising her child or children independently.
What are death rituals?
the ways that people treat the body, dispose of the remains, express grief, and honor the life of someone who has died.
Shichi-go-san
Most important festival for Japanese children observed annually on November 15
-Girls ages 3 and 7 Boys age 5: Taken by parents to the Shinto Shrine of their tutelary deity to offer thanks and invoke future blessings
Fraternal Polyandry
group of brothers marrying the same woman; practiced in the Himalayan region.
Examples of modern arranged marriage
Modern Hindu marriage customs (India in 2018, 93% of marriages were arranged)
Shotgun (forced) weddings for accidental teen pregnancy.
Online matchmaking websites & Reality shows
Patrifocal Family
A father raising his child or children independently.
Exampled of burial rituals
-Jazz funerals
-Burial beads
-Sky burial
-Cremation ceremonies
-Throwing dirt on the casket