Ritual is the transformation that one undergoes when they are on a journey of becoming to a certain state from another. According to Tuner’s Betwixt and Between: The liminal passage in Rite de passage, Anthropologist Van Gennep recognized a ritual process called “rite de passage” also known as a rite of passage which he defined as “the rites which accompany every change of place, state, social position and age”. He also states that the rites to transmissions are accompanied by three phrases, which are; separation, this is the attachment from the previous or original status; Liminal Status which is the passage rite, where the transformation takes place, and this state is said to be ambiguous, because it is the stage of uncertainty and lastly; the Aggregation state, which is when the subject of ritual is back to its stable state. A few weeks ago, I …show more content…
My cousin was on her journey to adulthood. She went through the separation stage, that was those ten day when she was not allowed to leave that small hut. It symbolised that she is detaching from the old her, who was still a child, and now preparing herself to be an adult. She went through the liminality stage, that was when we walked from the river singing, that moment she walked from the river, singing dancing carrying the spear, before she threw it, before her father said the praises and welcomed her to adulthood, that was the state of liminality, because she was already an adult, but also not yet a certified adult per-say until her father says it, until her father said all those praises to her and gave her the blessings and welcomed her back home as an adult. And finally, the last stage, which is an aggregation, which is when she was back to the stable state, and as an adult and we celebrated as