Jugendweihe
Secular coming of age ceremony practised by German 14-year-olds / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jugendweihe (Youth consecration) or Jugendfeier (Youth ceremony) is a secular coming of age ceremony for German 14-year-olds. It originated among the secular societies in the 19th century as an alternative to Confirmation by the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, and was especially widespread in East Germany, where state atheism was encouraged under the GDR.