Coming Of Age Traditions

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In your lifetime you will arrive at an age when you begin to think you are now an adult and have now reached a strong maturity level. That age is different for everyone and is defined by many different events such as a death, a party, a ritual and other life moments. In today's society, there is no reason to hold a traditional coming of age ritual. In modern times not everyone is brought up in a family that will supply a traditional celebration like a Quinceañera or a Bat or Bar Mitzvah and yet, people will still make it to the end of their road. I chose this topic because at the ripe age of 17, I am currently attempting to find what stage I am at. I am going through untraditional ‘American coming of age rituals’ after recently obtaining

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