Loving the topic!
My grandmother and mother made sure we knew what was what when we were growing up. And having a rite of passage is a wonderful idea but you run up on some things:
1. I went to Quincerna and a Sweet sixteen. The parents spent as much money on those events as if it was a wedding! The idea behind it is wonderful but you will have people who take it to the extreme.
2. I hate the beat the dead horse, but because of how many of us came to be Americans, many don't know know their *exact* origins.
3. Then you will have those who feel this is another commerical thing. Take for instance Kwanzaa, it was a wonderful thing when it first came out. But this last year, commercialism got to it and now many feel that it maybe a joke.
I think the thing we all have to keep in mind that if we do a rite of passage of anything we have to know all the facts of our origins and do it in such a way that it is more personalized than commercialize.
*whew*
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