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rite of passage

ceremony or ritual of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another
Event ritual Q1131696
rite of passage
Rogier van der Weyden · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

rite of passage is a ritual[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of ritual entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,731 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: ritual[3]
  • Part of: social practices, rituals and festive events[4]
  • Commons category: Rites of passage[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rites of passage[6]
  • Facet of: transition[7]

Why It Matters

rite of passage has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 5599
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford classical dictionary id: 5599, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107287614|rites of passage (#107287614)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0387688-prechodove-ritualy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0387688-prechodove-ritualy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259490|batch #259490]]"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Part of → —
    Part of → social practices, rituals and festive events
    Instance of → ritual
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007546275805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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