Smita is a young woman who has been dressed in an elaborate garment and is being separated from the rest of the community. After three days of various rituals, she will be allowed back into the group as an adult. Smita is most likely experiencing:
The concept of a rite of passage was developed by the French ethnographer Arnold van Gennep. A rite of passage describes a ceremony or ritual that people undergo in order to leave a particular social group and enter another one. The most commonly known rite of passage is that of transitioning from childhood into adulthood. This is most likely what Smita is experiencing in this event.
