Ngaben, or Cremation Ceremony, is the ritual performed in Bali to send

the deceased to the next life. The body of the deceased will be placed as if
sleeping, and the family will continue to treat the deceased as sleeping.
No tears are shed, because the deceased is only temporarily not present
and will reincarnate or find his final rest in Moksha (freeing from the
reincarnation and death cycle).
The proper day of the ceremony is always a matter of consulting a
specialist on ceremony days. On the day of the ceremony, the body of the
deceased is placed inside a coffin. This coffin is placed inside a
sarcophagus resembling a buffalo (Lembu) or in a temple structure
(Wadah) made of paper and wood. The buffalo or temple structure will be
carried to the cremation site in a procession. The procession is not
walking in a straight line. This is to confuse bad spirits and keep them
away from the deceased.
The climax of Ngaben is the burning of the whole structure, together with
the body of the deceased. The fire is necessary to free the spirit from the
body and enable reincarnation.
Ngaben is not always immediately performed. For higher caste members
it is normal to perform the ritual within 3 days. For lower caste members
the deceased are buried first and later, often in a group ceremony for the
whole village, cremated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngaben

Welcoming Babies
When a baby is about to be born in the Dagara Tribe of Burkina Faso, the
community gathers in the birthing room on the other side of a curtain. At
the sound of the babys first cry, the community begins to sing to let the
baby know it has arrived at the right place.
A welcoming ceremony to bless a baby is one of the first ways we
provide emotional stability and security for our children. Rites of Change
weaves together a welcoming ceremony for the newborn that honors all
the faith traditions, cultural heritages, and spiritual beliefs in the family.
This ceremony creates a beautiful, strong fabric to hold the sanctity of the
child for years to come.
http://www.ritesofchange.com/rites_of_passage.html
The bat mitzvah, a 20th-century innovation, is a similar ceremony for
Jewish girls when they turn 12. Bar and bat mitzvah are also terms
referring to the altered status that the young person automatically attains
at the age of 12 or 13, with or without the ceremony (although the
ceremony is always an integral part of the occasion for observant Jews,
especially the bar mitzvah). A bar or bat mitzvah is not only something
one has, but it is also something one becomes. Traditionally, the lives of
boys in the strictly Orthodox Jewish communities of Eastern Europe
underwent a significant change once they reached the age of 13. They
were sent out of town to special schools (yeshivas) for advanced religious
study and returned home only for major holidays. Except for these visits,
many young men never lived with their families again. Although almost
all Jews, including modern Orthodox Jews, have abandoned this practice,
Hasidim and other strictly Orthodox groups still maintain it in the various
countries where they reside, including the United States.
http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/rite-of-passage