Blogs Posts in Growingup Rituals category; 71 blog posts

The Power of Menstrual Moon Rituals

In the past I never really honored or celebrated my menstrual cycles. Perhaps growing up, I was given the impression that it wasn’t a big deal. As I began to immerse myself with the histories, myths and cultures around menstruation, [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

Julia and The Art of Growing Up

When I first learned of the traditional puberty rite, called Dipo, I was participating in the SIT Study Abroad program, Ghana: Arts and Culture. I was interested in a way of life where art played a vital role in daily existence. [...]

Posted On : Feb, 22 2012 | Comments : 0

POP CULTURE'S MOST MEMORABLE WRESTLERS

What do you get Hulk Hogan on his birthday? I mean, aside from a new shirt? The guy's big day was Aug. 11, so we're celebrating with a look back at some of pop-culture's hardest-working performers: pro wrestlers. Hulk Hog [...]

Posted On : Aug, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Cultural Events

One of the most important events of the year is the organization and celebration of the Asian Heritage Month in April. In 1978, Congress proclaimed the month of May as the Asian/Pacific Heritage Month to honor the contributions of Asian A [...]

Posted On : Jul, 22 2009 | Comments : 0

Pahela Falgun

Bangladesh is a country where colourful fairs and festivals. In our Bangladesh the spring season stays for two months [Falgun and Chaitra]. A colorful festival held to welcome Bashanto. Attired in reddish-yellow saris with red border and [...]

Posted On : May, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Cultural festival unites one & all

The love of art has brought together 400 artistes from all over the country to the steel city. Exponents from various fields have come here for the 26th All India Multilingual Drama, Dance and Music Festival that began last evening. About [...]

Posted On : Mar, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

All the Life Surrounding Death in the Afternoon

When David Fandila was a little boy growing up in Granada, Spain, he would pretend his mother’s dish towels were capes to flap before imaginary bulls. By the time he was a young man the homely props had been exchanged for squares of [...]

Posted On : Oct, 31 2008 | Comments : 0

Teaching A Child To Get Up And Greet Any Elder

When a child is 6 years of age as far as I think he/she is a child but not that much of a child that he/she cannot grasp what is taught to him/her by her/his parent. Basically the growing up ritual is to groom the child and one eleme [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Culture club: Student performers try to broaden minds with d...

As Kevin Slattery and his Hazelwood East High School classmates performed Saturday in the crowded lobby of the Gateway Arch, he hoped the program would be as meaningful for the audience as it had been for him. Slattery, a senior, had just [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

Importance Of Hard Work Told To A Child

To tell the child the importance of hard work and how it pays in the end is also a part of growing up rituals as far as I think because its from childhood that a child should know how to work hard and excel in his/her work in [...]

Posted On : Apr, 03 2008 | Comments : 0

Never To Cheat Anytime With Anyone

If we talk about rituals there are so many growing up rituals and one of them is never to cheat in anything with anyone, because once you start you can never stop.

Posted On : Mar, 27 2008 | Comments : 0

Never To Steal Anything From Anywhere/Anyone

In bringing up a child a mother should take care in teaching the child never to steal anything from anyone or anywhere again no matter what because stealing is bad and against the law if today a child is not stopped from stealing away [...]

Posted On : Mar, 14 2008 | Comments : 0

Never To Lie In One's Life No Matter What

While growing up in ones house the major growing up ritual given by a mother is never to lie ever no matter happens because this is the only way the child will learn to be responsible next time and not repeat the mistake done once. B [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

Being A Responsible Sibling

Being gentle towards ones siblings is also one of the growing up rituals that a mother is supposed to engrain in his/her child who is an older sibling and should show care and love towards them and be their for them when the younger [...]