The second Monday in January marks Japan's official Coming of Age Day. It's celebrated annually by men and women who've turned 20 the year prior and involves ceremonies hosted by local government ...

A group of Mi'kmaw girls from Eel River Bar First Nation have begun a year-long berry fast as part of a rite of passage ...

After writing about boys’ coming-of-age ceremonies a couple of weeks ago, I decided it was only fair to explore coming-of-age ceremonies for girls. Plus, I promised my daughter that I would.

Traditional coming-of-age ceremony Students from abroad have "gat," a traditional Korean hat, put on during the traditional Korean coming-of-age ceremony at Yeungnam University in Gyeongsan, North ...

A Japanese woman wearing a kimono makes a V sign while she checks her make-up during the Coming of Age Day celebration ceremony at an amusement park in Tokyo, Japan January 9, 2017.

Robbed of their bar mitzvah or a bat mitzvah ceremonies by war, local Holocaust survivors celebrated a belated b’nai mitzvah decades later.

Girls walk to attend a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 8, 2024. Coming of Age Day is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January.