Coming of Age Day needed in US
Other countries, cultures and religions have “coming of age” days and celebrations, and that includes informal traditions in the United States.
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By Sharon Cox, Art Voices | 7:00 am, Jan. 6, 2021 ×
Every country has holidays that are unique to that culture. Japan’s “Seijin-no-Hi,” or “Coming of Age” day this coming Monday is one we’d do well to endorse for ourselves.
The holiday is on the second Monday of the first month of each year. In Japan, the age of becoming an adult is 20. It’s a ritual celebrated throughout the country for 1,200 years. New “adult” attire is bought to wear at city-sponsored ceremonies where the young adults dress their best, exchange business information, meet high school classmates and are introduced to employers and other business-oriented concerns. They network and party hardy since they now are old enough to vote, drink alcohol and smoke tobacco products. Likewise