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Ritu Kala Samskaram, or Ritushuddhi, is a female coming-of-age ritual in South Indian Hindu traditions. The ritual is performed when a girl wears a langa voni for the first time. The event is also known as Langa Voni ( Telugu : లంగా ఓణి), Pavadai Dhavani ( Tamil : பாவாடை தாவணி), and Langa Davani ( Kannada ...
Traditionally, Hindu men shave off all their hair as a child in a samskāra or ritual known as the chudakarana. [13] A lock of hair is left at the crown (). [14]Unlike most other eastern cultures where a coming-of-age ceremony removed childhood locks of hair similar to the shikha, in India, this prepubescent hairstyle is left to grow throughout the man's life, though usually only the most ...
[98] [99] While there are many rituals in Hinduism, vivaha (wedding) is the most extensive personal ritual an adult Hindu undertakes in his or her life. [ 100 ] [ 101 ] The wedding rites and ceremonies begin with the engagement of a couple, and extend to rites of passage after the completion of wedding.
However, the term yajnopavita appears in ancient Hindu literature, and therein it means a way of wearing the upper garment during a ritual or rites of passage. [71] The custom of wearing a string is a late development in Hinduism, was optional in the medieval era, and the ancient Indian texts do not mention this ritual for any class or for ...
The puberty ritual for the young Roman male involved shaving his beard and taking off his bulla, an amulet worn to mark and protect underage youth, which he then dedicated to his household gods, the Lares. [2] He assumed the toga virilis ("toga of manhood"), was enrolled as a citizen on the census, and soon began his military service. [3]
Parents need to talk with their sons about puberty changes before voices crack and new body hair appears. Doing so will help them have healthier, happier lives. When male puberty hits, parents ...
The Chudakarana (Sanskrit: चूडाकरण, lit. ' arrangement of the hair tuft ') or the Mundana (Sanskrit: मुण्डन, lit. ' tonsure '), is the eighth of the sixteen Hindu saṃskāras (sacraments), in which a child receives their first haircut.
The three- to seven-day ritual can be performed by the deceased husband's brother or other male relative, [17] or even a sex worker. Typically, after intercourse, the widow burns her clothes and the man who had performed the purification shaves her head. This is often done outside so that the neighborhood can witness that the widow is now cleansed.