Growing Up (Lifetimes)

This book looks at how people from the Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths celebrate the passage from child to adult, including initiation and ordination ceremonies, and the ways in which children learn more about their faith. You can find out about the childhood of some famous figures; the Hindu sacred thread ceremony; why Buddhist boys spend time in a monastery; how Sikh boys learn to tie a turban, and much more.