There they give him a ritual loincloth and moccasins and smear dyes on his face ... From 1925 to 1940 the Improved Order of Red Men lost over 300,000 members and the Knights of Pythias 550,000.

This story appears in the January 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Shadrack Nyongesa’s appointment with the knife was set for shortly after dawn. Since the previous morning, the ...

Throughout history, cultures have devised myriad practices and rituals to make boys into men. The methods—often secret and sacred—vary widely and continually evolve, says cultural ...