Sunday, March 16, 2008

Coming-of-age ceremonies and rituals!

Mexi Mitzvahs

Even today these are common around the world and especially for young men. For the males they can include such extreme rituals as native tribes boys (whose families are recent cannibal coverts) jumping from tall trees with their ankles tied to vines, others where their bodies are scarred with sharp knives and to the more sophisticated ceremonies such as Jewish Bar Mitzvahs.
Not to be outdone the Mexicans have their rituals as well. However, these can extend over long periods of time and involve many demonstrations so as to prove a young boy has reached manhood.
They usually involve the young male setting out to prove themselves by getting blind drunk or high on meth, stabbing or cutting another person (family members are permissible) fighting with Police or running from a car accident scene and must always end in a Booking Ceremony in an . . . Adult Jail.
One being committed to Juvenile Detention marks a failure of the ritual which is . . . muy malo.
Felony first, matrimony second!

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