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A rite of passage is a ritual that marks a change in a person's social or sexual status.

Rite(s) of passage may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

• Rites of Passage, a 1983 short film by Richard Stanley
• Rites of Passage (1999 film), a thriller starring Dean Stockwell
• Rites of Passage (2012 film), a thriller starring Wes Bentley
• Rites of Passage: The Rebirth of Combat Sports, a 2001 MMA documentary produced by Frederico Lapenda

Literature

• Rite of Passage (novel), a 1968 novel by Alexei Panshin
• Rite of Passage, a 1956 short fiction by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
• Rite of Passage, a 1994 posthumously published novel by Richard Wright
• Rites of Passage (novel), a 1980 novel by William Golding and first part of the trilogy To the Ends of the Earth

Music

Albums

• Rites of Passage (Brother Ali album), 2000
• Rites of Passage (Roger Hodgson album), 1996
• Rites of Passage (Indigo Girls album), 1992
• Rites of Passage, the 1985 debut album of British band Vitamin Z

Other uses in music

• Rites of Passage (Sculthorpe), a 1972–73 music theatre work by Peter Sculthorpe
• "Rites of Passage", a song by Yanni from Ethnicity
• "A Rite of Passage", a song by Dream Theater from Black Clouds & Silver Linings

Television

• "Rite of Passage" (Stargate SG-1)
• "Rite of Passage" (The Outer Limits)
• "Rites of Passage" (Dead Like Me)
• "Rites of Passage" (Goodnight Sweetheart)
• "Rites of Passage" (Married... with Children)
• "Rites of Passage" (Miami Vice)
• "Rites of Passage" (Superboy)
• "Rites of Passage" (Vikings)

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Rites of Passage (magazine), later the Transsexual News Telegraph, a 1991-2002 periodical covering issues related to transsexuality

Other uses

• Rite of Passage (horse) (foaled 2004), a Thoroughbred racehorse
• Rites of Passage (educational program), an educational program on African American history

See also

• "My Rite of Passage", an episode of the TV series Scrubs
• Right of passage, a maritime right to traverse an inner waterway
• Rite (disambiguation)

• Disambiguation pages