traditoinal rite of passage

a traditional rite of passage includes a rite of separation, a rite of incorporation and a new post ritual state. i think it's true taht rite of passages are interesting. similarly with rituals. some of the rituals are really interesting. for example, of some ceremonies in america, such as weddings, people like to wear white gowns because that they believe, white in christian book: bIble, means pure and harmless, what Jesus' lamb symbols. but white in china actually means only for dead people. they believe that bright colors such as red can scare evil spirits away, such in holidays and such. I think it is interesting how a color in one culture can mean something and totally differnet in another culture. in new years and such, everyone wear red, every place is decorated with red colors. but in us, like the peoplel around here did not like the red eyes the horse had going to Denver internatinoal airport.