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Initiation is a rite of passage marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society.
Anthropology
Bora (Australian), both an initiation ceremony of Indigenous Australians, and the site on which the initiation is performed
Buddhist initiation ritual, the public ordination ceremony wherein a lay student of Buddhism receives certain Buddhist precepts
Hazing, refers to the practice of rituals, challenges, and other activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group including a new fraternity, sorority, team, or club
Initiation (guru), a
diksha, or giving of a mantra or an initiation by the guru in Indian religions
Ndut initiation rite, a rite of passage as well as a religious education commanded by Serer religion
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, a process developed by the Catholic Church for prospective converts to Catholicism who are above the age of infant baptism
Initiation (phonetics), the production of airflow by the
airstream mechanism in the vocal tract
Technology
Session Initiation Protocol, a telecommunications protocol for signaling and controlling multimedia communication sessions
Project Initiation Documentation, information which was acquired through the Starting up a Project and Initiating a Project in a PRINCE2 controlled project environment
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