al prayers from the bible along with a few readings picked specifically for confirmation masses. The readings are usually read by a few of the children to be confirmed. At the end of the mass special prayers are said for the confirmed by everyone in the congregation and the confirmed emerge as adults. The party thereafter includes many gifts of varying value that have to do with religion and crosses etc. The sad thing about this ritual is that some kids participate in it because they know once they are confirmed they have the right whether or not to go to church from that day fourth. They are considered adults that have the right frame of mind to make the choice whether or not to continue the prayers and rituals their parents and elders have taught them to believe so highly in.The two are extremely different. The Apache girl has something she will remember for the rest of her life, with vivid emotion and extreme pain to make her realize her passage. The confirmed have a choice to make, go to church, continue the faith, or don’t. An extreme difference. To compare with Turner the Apache girl emerges reborn as a woman while during the ritual she has identity as changing woman to show she is ready to make her full journey into womanhood. Turner agrees, the individual has no status during the ritual, secluded, by herself, invisible. She is not so invisible during this ritual, more on display than anything. Confirmation makes everyone feel special in their own way. The group is a group, but not of nobody’s, of children ready to make the journey into adulthood. In most catholic cultures this is seen as their official ritual of adulthood. Turner sees the end of the ritual as a rebirth. Both societies, the Apache and the Catholic culture definitely view this as a rebirth. The Apache seems more special because of the individuality that ensues with the Sunrise Dance. Confirmation is a rebirth into adulthood, but not alone, you are sup...
