2. For the ancient inhabitants of the valley of
Anahuac, a child was not until man went to
war and captured an enemy that priests might
sacrifice.
3. Young Algonquins of North America go through an
incredible journey of drugs before becoming adults. At a
certain age consume large amounts of a drug known as
wysoccan, in order to forget all your childhood
memories. If at the end of the process still they
remember things, again consuming another dose.
4. The Satere-Mawe tribe inhabiting the depths of the
Amazon has one of the world's most painful rituals.
They build a kind of full of ants paraponeras glove.
Children have to wear those gloves for 10 minutes
without shouting. The bite of these ants is extremely
painful, is about 30 times more intense than the sting
of a wasp or a bee. Some people who have been
stung say the pain is like a bullet, so it is sometimes
known as "bullet ant"
5. The "quinceanera" still held in many places is
no more than a rite of initiation more.
Modern life has made extravagant and
sometimes embarrassing, but for many
people is the way children become adults