Arts & Culture
Liminality and Communitas in Rites of Passage Rituals
Quick fact
In many traditional societies, initiations deliberately strip away a person's former identity, placing them in a 'betwixt and between' state where they are neither their old self nor their new self—and during this stage, participants often experience a powerful sense of unity called communitas.
Why this is interesting
Have you ever felt like you were 'in between'—no longer a child but not quite an adult? What if that confusing feeling is actually a universal doorway used by cultures around the world to transform people?