Learn About Rites of Passage at the USU Museum of Anthropology
The Saturday activity series continues at Utah State University’s Museum of Anthropology. To celebrate USU’s fall commencement ceremony, guests are invited to learn rites of passage throughout the world on Saturday, Dec. 15.
Adults and children will learn about practices, such as graduation, that bring people into different stages of life. Visitors may also participate in a rite of passage of their own and get a small henna tattoo.
Adults and children will learn about practices, such as graduation, that bring people into different stages of life. Visitors may also participate in a rite of passage of their own and get a small henna tattoo.
“Henna is a temporary form of body modification and art,” said museum intern Amanda Woolston. “Henna has been used to adorn bodies as part of social and holiday celebrations since the late Bronze Age in the eastern Mediterranean.”
Guests are invited to drop in any time during the museum’s new 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday hours.
The USU Museum of Anthropology is on the Utah State University campus in the south turret of the historic Old Main building, room 252. Free parking is available in the adjacent lot, south of the building.
For more information, call Sara Lundberg (435) 797-7545, or visit the museum Web site.
Contact: Sara Lundberg, 435-797-7545
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